Jianying Zha clarfies, unintentionally, the reason for climate change skeptics

Jianying Zha.

Jianying Zha may have inadvertently stumbled upon why the concept of climate change is beyond the comprehension of most.

The award winning author, academic and who was among the first class of students at the newly reopened Peking University (now Beijing University) said recently that everyone lives in the moment.

Therein rests the complication for with climate change the differences that amount to the warming of our climate are overtly subtle and as such illustrate no evidence in “the now”.

Paul Church.

Most people consider, wrongly, the weather to be the climate and look about today (May 20) and in admiration of the near perfect day (still, clear and about 15 degree Celsius) and seriously question, and so doubt, the indisputable reality that is climate change.

Jianying Zha was discussing the China Question at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Festival with long-time Shanghai resident, economist, consultant, commentator, writer and editor, Paul Church, and sinologist and novelist, Linda Jaivin.

Their discussion can be seen on the ABC’s Big Ideas.