Responding to an audience question about what the UK is doing to protect the environment amid rising concerns, Tice said: “We all care about the environment but the climate has changed for millions and millions and millions of years.”
He said: “The better thing to do is to adapt to the change in climate and that is the smart thing to do and it’s a lot less costly than the current route to get to net zero, where there’s no evidence it will stop climate change.”However, Tice doubled down by claiming the Maldives were actually larger than they were 40 years ago.
Denyer said: “Do you understand why that is? It’s because the carbon that’s already going into the atmosphere will continue to have an effect for hundreds of years.At 1m 50s Carla Denyer asks him what his science background is, he pulls and expression and the audience erupts in laughter