September 26, 2019
MY CORNER by Boyd
Cathey
More on the Climate
Frenzy: “There Is No Climate Emergency”
Friends,
Back on
September 24, in the MY CORNER series I authored an installment titled: “ ‘Climate Strike,’ Greta Lunberg,
and ‘The Village of the Damned’.” That commentary featured several items,
including a report by Dr. Christopher Booker in The Daily Telegraph (London, UK), a recent follow-up updating that
report, and a list of recommended reading on the topic of climate change.
Yesterday
the Lew Rockwell Web site picked up that installment and featured it on its
site as a major essay. It can be accessed here.
Already it has garnered traffic in the thousands.
After
sending out the September 24 installment, I came across some additional
information that I’d like to share, information which elucidates a major
question in the climate change debate.
How often
do we hear “authorized voices” who seek to stifle debate: “The science is
decided, we face a real climate emergency,” or, “All scientists agree, we are
facing a climate crisis,” or, “You cannot dispute the verdict of science, we
are facing a climate apocalypse within___(fill the blank) years if we don’t
take drastic action to stop humans from destroying our environment.”
The
“facts,” we are told, are completely decided, and there is more certainty about
them than there is about anything else. Indeed,
as the constant refrain goes, impending climate disaster, a veritable climate
emergency demanding governmental and global involvement (and control), is far
more certain, far more an unquestionable dogma than any doctrine that the
Church ever taught. If you should edge even close to “denial”—if you dare to ask
“inconvenient questions”—the penalty is shaming, opprobrium, ridicule, and
worse. You should just shut up.
At least
that is the current template foisted upon us by much of academia, the media,
our entertainment industry, and many of our political leaders. And,
essentially, at base it is a political
template, part of a globalist agenda, a recipe for international political and economic
control and suzerainty, and the abolition of our liberties.
But there
is substantial evidence and scholarly research to the contrary. And numerous
scientists, physicists, geologists, and others have undercut that narrative and
turned it on its head. Unfortunately, most Americans, if they only get
information via mainstream news, aren’t aware of that.
So, as a
supplement to the MY CORNER of September 24, I send on several additional items
which expand on these points:
First, a
news report on a declaration—the “European Climate Declaration” by more than
500 scientists and professionals in climate-related fields—sent to the United
Nations which states: “There is no climate emergency.”
Second, I
forward on a central portion of that declaration (not all signatories are
listed).
Third, I
send on a news article about Fox News caving to the Climate Crisis Lobby
concerning Greta Lunberg, plus the fact—and you probably suspected this—that
George Soros is a major funder of this international effort: all part and
parcel of his multifaceted efforts to establish an authoritarian globalism.
500
Scientists Write U.N.: ‘There Is No Climate Emergency’
More than 500 scientists and
professionals in climate and related fields have sent a “European Climate Declaration”
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations asking for a long-overdue,
high-level, open debate on climate change.
Just as 16-year-old Swedish
climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York
accusing world leaders of robbing her of her future, scientists were begging
the United Nations to keep hysteria from obscuring facts. “Climate science
should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific,”
the declaration states. “Scientists should openly address the uncertainties
and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians
should dispassionately count the real benefits as well as the imagined costs of
adaptation to global warming, and the real costs as well as the imagined
benefits of mitigation.”
The
scientists underscored the importance of not rushing into enormously expensive
climate action before fully ascertaining the facts.
“There
is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes,
floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent,”
they declared. “However, CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are
costly. For instance, wind turbines kill birds and bats, and palm-oil
plantations destroy the biodiversity of the rainforests.”
The
signatories of the declaration also insist that public policy must respect
scientific and economic realities and not just reflect the most fashionable
frenzy of the day. “There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause
for panic and alarm,” they note. “We strongly oppose the harmful and
unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050.”
“If
better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to
reflect and adapt. The aim of international policy should be to provide reliable
and affordable energy at all times, and throughout the world,” they state.
In
particular, the scientists criticize the general-circulation models of climate
on which international policy is currently founded as “unfit for their
purpose.”
“Therefore,
it is cruel as well as imprudent to advocate the squandering of trillions on
the basis of results from such immature models,” they propose. “Current climate
policies pointlessly, grievously undermine the economic system, putting lives
at risk in countries denied access to affordable, continuous electrical power.”
“We
urge you to follow a climate policy based on sound science, realistic economics
and genuine concern for those harmed by costly but unnecessary attempts at
mitigation,” they declare.
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Brief CLINTEL aan VN-baas Guterres
Professor Guus
Berkhout
The Hague
guus.berkhout@clintel.org
The Hague
guus.berkhout@clintel.org
23 September 2019
Sr. António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations,
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, United States of America.
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, United States of America.
Ms. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
UNFCCC Secretariat, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1,
53113 Bonn, Germany
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
UNFCCC Secretariat, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1,
53113 Bonn, Germany
Your Excellencies,
There is no climate emergency.
A global network of more than 500 knowledgeable and
experienced scientists and professionals in climate and related fields have the
honor to address to Your Excellencies the attached European Climate
Declaration, for which the signatories to this letter are the national
ambassadors.
The general-circulation models of climate on which
international policy is at present founded are unfit for their purpose.
Therefore, it is cruel as well as imprudent to advocate the squandering of
trillions on the basis of results from such immature models. Current climate
policies pointlessly, grievously undermine the economic system, putting lives
at risk in countries denied access to affordable, continuous electrical power.
We urge you to follow a climate policy based on sound
science, realistic economics and genuine concern for those harmed by costly but
unnecessary attempts at mitigation. We ask you to place the Declaration on the
agenda of your imminent New York session.
We also invite you to organize with us a constructive
high-level meeting between world-class scientists on both sides of the climate
debate early in 2020. The meeting will give effect to the sound and ancient
principle no less of sound science than of natural justice that both sides
should be fully and fairly heard. Audiatur et altera pars!
Please let us know your thoughts about such a joint
meeting.
Yours sincerely, ambassadors of the European Climate Declaration,
Professor
Guus Berkhout – The Netherlands
Professor Richard Lindzen – USA
Professor Reynald Du Berger – French Canada
Professor Ingemar Nordin – Sweden
Terry Dunleavy – New Zealand
Jim O’Brien – Rep. of Ireland
Viv Forbes – Australia
Professor Alberto Prestininzi – Italy
Professor Jeffrey Foss – English Canada
Professor Benoît Rittaud – France
Morten Jødal – Norway
Professor Fritz Vahrenholt – Germany
Rob Lemeire – Belgium
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – UK
Professor Richard Lindzen – USA
Professor Reynald Du Berger – French Canada
Professor Ingemar Nordin – Sweden
Terry Dunleavy – New Zealand
Jim O’Brien – Rep. of Ireland
Viv Forbes – Australia
Professor Alberto Prestininzi – Italy
Professor Jeffrey Foss – English Canada
Professor Benoît Rittaud – France
Morten Jødal – Norway
Professor Fritz Vahrenholt – Germany
Rob Lemeire – Belgium
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – UK
There is no climate emergency
A global network of 500 scientists and professionals has
prepared this urgent message. Climate science should be less political, while
climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address
the uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming,
while politicians should dispassionately count the real benefits as well as the
imagined costs of adaptation to global warming, and the real costs as well as
the imagined benefits of mitigation.
Natural as well as anthropogenic
factors cause warming
The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has
varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases.
The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that
we now are experiencing a period of warming.
Warming is far slower than predicted
The world has warmed at less than half the
originally-predicted rate, and at less than half the rate to be expected on the
basis of net anthropogenic forcing and radiative imbalance. It tells us that we
are far from understanding climate change.
Climate policy relies on inadequate
models
Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely
plausible as policy tools. Moreover, they most likely exaggerate the effect of
greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching
the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial.
CO2 is plant food, the basis of all
life on Earth
CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on
Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature,
greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global
plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crop
worldwide.
Global warming has not increased
natural disasters
There is no statistical evidence that global warming is
intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or
making them more frequent. However, CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as
they are costly. For instance, wind turbines kill birds and bats, and palm-oil
plantations destroy the biodiversity of the rainforests.
Policy must respect scientific and
economic realities
There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no
cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero
CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly
will, we have ample time to reflect and adapt. The aim of international policy
should be to provide reliable and affordable energy at all times, and
throughout the world.
[addition:
list of over 500 signatories]
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“We Apologize to Greta and To Our
Audience” – FOX News Bans Michael Knowles from Channel After He Describes
Disturbed Child Greta Thunberg as “Mentally Ill”
September 24, 2019
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old with Asperger’s and global warming activist from Sweden. She also suffers from depression and anxiety disorder.
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old with Asperger’s and global warming activist from Sweden. She also suffers from depression and anxiety disorder.
Despite
her challenges and disabilities her parents, the international left and George Soros propped her up and sent her across the Atlantic Ocean in a boat to
lecture global leaders on global warming junk science.
It is clear from video that the left is putting a huge amount of
pressure on this poor girl and she is not holding up so well.
Why is this part of #GretaThunberg speech not being broadcast by mainstream media?#ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/4plySoByXK
But the left doesn’t care about this
poor child. They are exploiting her to push their socialism.
Monday night on The Story with
Harris Faulkner, the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles came out and accused Greta
Thunberg of being “mentally ill.”
The liberal guest on the show
Chris Hahn, who comes on and lies to the FOX audience when he is invited on,
erupted after Knowles accused Greta Thunberg of being mentally ill.
Following the segment FOX News immediately banned Michael
Knowles from further appearances. You are not allowed to state the obvious on
FOX News anymore. FOX News apologized.
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