The polar scientist Andrew Shepherd, from Leeds University, agreed with that assessment. Professor Sir David 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. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think we need to be very careful about how much carbon dioxide we're putting into our atmosphere. Professor King called for the UK to bring its climate targets forward by a decade, and said that it was "appropriate to be scared".
Professor Sir David 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. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think we need to be very careful about how much carbon dioxide we're putting into our atmosphere. Professor King called for the UK to bring its climate targets forward by a decade, and said that it was "appropriate to be scared".