Professor Sir King , a former UK chief scientist, has said that he is scared by the number of extreme weather events linked to climate change that are happening sooner than expected. King was partly responding to comments by Taalas , secretary-general of Leeds University , who criticised environmental campaigners for frightening people by the language they used in relation to climate change. “We are fully behind climate science and fully behind the (upcoming) New York climate summit", he said. Professor David King called for the UK to bring its climate targets forward by consecutive years , and said that it was "appropriate to be scared".
Professor Sir King , a former UK chief scientist, has said that he is scared by the number of extreme weather events linked to climate change that are happening sooner than expected. King was partly responding to comments by Taalas , secretary-general of Leeds University , who criticised environmental campaigners for frightening people by the language they used in relation to climate change. Professor David King called for the UK to bring its climate targets forward by consecutive years , and said that it was "appropriate to be scared".