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A recurring theme is the acknowledgment that climate science robustly demonstrates that climate change is real and accelerating faster than many models anticipated. Private conversations with climate scientists reveal a consensus: the dire warnings published are often conservative estimates. Scientists, conservative by nature, tend to understate the severity rather than exaggerate it. Evidence such as an increasing Earth's energy imbalance—where the planet traps exponentially more heat—indicates that our current trajectory is worse than even the most alarmist predictions.