Climate Change Is Good: Counting the Whole Ledger
The book’s central case: how to weigh documented harms, benefits, adaptation, and uncertainty without collapsing into denial or doom.
The speaker
Argument without theater.
Christopher Forrest is an attorney and author. He is not a climate scientist, and he does not present himself as one.
His contribution is a lawyer’s habit of separating a claim from the person making it: identify the proposition, examine the record, expose the unstated assumption, steel-man the other side, and ask what evidence would change the conclusion.
The book’s thesis is deliberately provocative. The live conversation should be disciplined, candid, and useful—especially for audiences that expect to disagree.
Good fit
Universities, policy and civic groups, professional associations, festivals, podcasts, editorial programs, and moderated public forums looking for a substantive discussion of evidence, incentives, adaptation, and climate rhetoric.
Four starting points
01 / KEYNOTE
02 / KEYNOTE OR PANEL
03 / CONVERSATION
04 / MODERATED DEBATE
Talks designed to open an argument, not close one.
Arguing About Climate Without Lying to Each Other
A practical framework for distinguishing observation, attribution, projection, rhetoric, and policy preference—and disagreeing without caricature.
Cross-Examine the Claim, Not the Person
What legal reasoning can contribute to a public debate dominated by credential contests, motive attacks, and selective evidence.
Resolved: Climate Change Is Good?
A structured proposition built for a real opponent, clear definitions, shared evidence, direct rebuttal, and an audience trusted to decide.
Start a conversation
Describe the room.
Share enough detail to assess fit. This form is an inquiry, not a booking or promise of availability.
For a press interview or review request, email media@climatechangeisgood.com.