UNFCCC

We have no hard evidence of a crisis. Only expert opinion and best estimates.

If you're a UN bureaucrat, recent weeks have been full of disappointment.

The most reputable publishers imaginable are misinforming the public about basic geology.

In the wake of COP21, I thought that it would be interesting to compare the respective pathways of China and the U.S (and others) based on official data. I still plan to post on this topic, but obtaining official data on the pathways proved much more difficult than I anticipated.

In the early-1950s, when it became widely known that smoking caused cancer, giant tobacco companies formed the Tobacco Industry Research Council (TIRC). Its main goal was to deny the harmful effects of tobacco and confuse the public.
The tobacco lobby wormed its way into the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO), wreaking havoc and slowing the WHO’s efforts to reduce the growing number of cancer deaths.

The Paris climate summit is a gigantic photo op - where ineffectual political leaders will pretend to be environmental superheroes.

(includes details of my Dec. 2 talk in Paris)

December's climate conference is being held on the grounds of Europe's busiest private jet airport. If we were serious about fighting climate change, wouldn't private jets have been banned long ago?

The man now in charge at the IPCC belongs to a privileged, protected, secretive entity headed by the UN's former top climate official.

Slides and text of my presentation to the World Federation of Scientists, 20 Aug. 2015.

Jobs are good. A decent standard of living is good. Both generate emissions. Let's get over it.