I’m trying to figure out what the problem here is academically. The title of the paper is “Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis” which you can attain in PDF form here. It barely touches upon climate change. I am also reminded that Stephen Hawking has also pondered widely regarding the possibility of extraterrestrials to the point of warning us that contact should be avoided. So if this topic is good enough for Stephen Hawking shouldn’t it be something we should also ponder in science? We are constantly searching for life in the outer planets — namely Mars. Typically this is in its basic components or foundations such as water and oxygen. Hawking has stated to avoid contact while NASA has decided to go in the opposite direction.