evidence: This point actually seems to be closely in line with Goklany’s thinking. Just as climate change is not a major (negative) driver of human wellbeing, CO2 has not been a major (positive) driver, either. Human agency remains paramount. [...] - The brief treatment of sea level focuses on the differences among recent records (in particular, whether there is evidence for acceleration of sea level rise during recent decades), but ignores the fact that current, measured rates – whichever set of data you use – are much higher than rates recorded geologically for any period the 10,000 years or so, prior to 1700. He implies that the continuing sea level rise is not due to anthropogenic climate change but rather to some other, previous climate change. This is not consistent with the evidence. And sea level rise matters, because of the huge investments that will be needed to protect populous coastal cities. Some investment will be needed anyway, but it would be perverse in the extreme to make climate policy without taking account of the economic consequences of sea level rise.