To dismiss the implications of climate change based on an error about the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting is an act of astonishing intellectual legerdemain. Yet this is what some doubters of climate change are claiming. But the reality is that our understanding of climate change is based on
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TimWorstall on 27th Mar 2010 (via timworstall.com)
A few faked email stats and suddenly the entire edifice of climate change is in the balance. There's no doubt that the revelation of less than pure scientific method being used by the prominent climate change boffins at the University of East Anglia has given a new lease of life to the climate change deniers, or climo-sceptics. But, as we get ready to see our leaders parading their concern at the ...
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PoliticsEtc on 6th Dec 2009 (via sgspolitics.blogspot.com)
The Guardian has one of its climate change scare scoops for us all to panic about today. Their good friend and climate change guru, Professor Robert Watson has held court and it is clear from what he says that we are all doomed. The UK should take active steps to prepare for dangerous climate change of perhaps 4C according to one of the government's chief scientific advisers. In policy areas
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CllrTonySharp on 7th Aug 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
Individuals are less willing to change their lifestyles or spend money to stop climate change according to new research showing attitudes to climate change as the economy slows down.
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Telegraph on 26th Nov 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The UK Climate Projections 2009, released today, will help us plan and prepare for change to our climate in the UK. By acting now, we can limit the severity of climate change in the future. Labour’s approach to tackling climate change centres on protecting the public from immediate risk, preparing for the future, leading international efforts to get a global deal in Copenhagen in December, c...
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LabourParty on 18th Jun 2009 (via labour.org.uk)
In recognition of the important work on climate change conducted by the trade union movement, the UN body dealing with climate change (the UNFCCC) has granted the ITUC the select formal status of being an “official constituency” in the Climate Change process for the ITUC’s...
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Tigmoo on 8th Dec 2008 (via touchstoneblog.org.uk)
As ministers from 189 countries gather in Poland here to hammer out a new climate change treaty, advancement is delayed by the absence of one delegation: the team that will forge Barack Obama's climate policy.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 10th Dec 2008 (via iht.com)
This morning, Tim blogged about the enemies of the next Conservative government. One of his entries was: "The climate change industry or energy consumers. One of these groups will end up unhappy. The Tory leadership can keep the climate change...
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CentreRight on 11th Nov 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
An article in today's Canberra Times in Australia by Simon Grose has just lifted the lid of the climate change pot a little higher. It shows that some climate change scientists who rejected claims the sun was responsible for the Earth's changing climate are starting, grudgingly, to have second thoughts. But even when they do, they defy all logic by making claims about future warming that have no
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CllrTonySharp on 27th Aug 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
Climate Change Condensed Monday 15th September 4:30 – 8:00pm This is the first course in Britain created specially for trade union members that covers ‘all you need to know about climate change’ in just three hour...
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Tigmoo on 5th Aug 2008 (via gptublog.blogspot.com)