Yes, it’s true. The forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C has been formally accused of ‘pulling its punches’ in order to let polluters off the hook by none other than Bob Ward, policy wonk at the Grantham Institute. The Graun, of course, has the story. Warnings about the dangers of global … Continue reading
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AR6: Shared Socio-Economic Pathways Make Climate Models Increasingly Redundant
Climate models were supposedly the future of climate change research. Their use heralded a new golden age of scientific understanding according to former Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia Slingo: I think today the incredible complexity and power and skill of these models that we use . . . . they are one … Continue reading
The IPCC congratulates itself
For four days this week, March 13 – 16, the IPCC has been congratulating itself on its 30th birthday, in a lavish celebration in Paris. Apparently the premises were beautiful and the hospitality generous. A number of deep scientific insights were provided at the meeting, such as “We must put climate solutions in the context … Continue reading
How Many Irmas in 2100?
We get a lot of readers sent to us from European sceptic sites, for example http://www.staatvanhetklimaat.nl/ which is in Dutch, and which I recommend strongly to anyone who thinks they’re not gifted for languages. Just read it aloud with a Norfolk accent, and you’ll get the gist. This article is from our French sister site … Continue reading
Interviews with Richard Tol
There’s an interesting blog based in Belgium called Trust, yet verify. If you’re not familiar with it, do take a look, there are plenty of good posts there. The blogger, Michel, describes in a series of posts starting here how he started out as a devout believer in what we were being told about the climate … Continue reading
Why climate change is the least of our problems
Post by Clive Best On the scale of problems facing humanity over the next 100 years climate change should pretty much be near the bottom of the list. Continuous over-hyping of impending doom has caused incoherent action to be taken too early, which can only damage western economies and must ultimately fail. Unlike any previous … Continue reading
Guest post: Let’s restart the climate change debate – test the models!
By Larry Kummer Editor of FabiusMaximus.com After 26 years of debate, US public policy on climate change remains paralyzed. Polls show that it ranks near the bottom of American’s concerns. We even remain poorly prepared for a repeat of past extreme weather, such as a major hurricane hitting an East coast city – let alone future … Continue reading
