Saturday, November 18, 2023

The World Climate Declaration is not science

In August, per Dave Vetter on Twitter: "The World Climate Declaration, an anti-science screed that claims to have 1,200 "scientists" declaring that there is no climate emergency...is in fact just a continuation of a project by something called the Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL), a lobby group funded by two Dutch millionaires...deeply intertwined with fossil fuel money and many of its ambassadors are involved with US fossil fuel lobbyists the Heartland Institute and the Cato Institute." Hardly any of the signatories are climate experts. Their declaration cites no science. Their six claims are debunked here.

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The planet is heating up faster than predicted, says scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 1980s By Laura Paddison, CNN, November 2, 2023

Extreme rain and flooding threaten Southeast Florida Fort Lauderdale is set to clinch its wettest year on record, with over 100 inches of rain. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, November 15, 2023

A sudden spike in global warmth is so extreme, it’s mysterious (subscriber gift link), Scott Dance, Washington Post, October 13, 2023

‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?: Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists. Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather. Damian Carrington, Nina Lakhani, Oliver Milman, Adam Morton, Ajit Niranjan and Jonathan Watts. The Guardian. August 28, 2023

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