Time To Move The Conversation On

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It was with some trepidation that I listened to Friday's A Point Of View, with Lisa Jardine talking about climate change and scepticism. After all, one of my favourite writers and raconteurs, Clive James, has used the same platform to tell the world's scientists that they're all talking bollocks when it comes to global warming.

So I was pleasantly surprised at what she had to say, offering some advice on how to combat scepticism. Her feeling that the conversation should move on struck a chord too. How many times do we have to hear the same message about what climate change is, and that we should change our lightbulbs and recycle more?

As much as it's time for the scientists to move on in their conversation with the public, it's also time for the politicians, government and NGOs to move on as well. The phrase "we're all in this together" was coined by David Cameron in a bid to sell his cuts to the public service. But it's actually true when it comes to fighting climate change.

We're all in this together, and it's time we graduated from baby steps to big strides.

You can hear A Point Of View on the BBC iPlayer here until Friday.