Professor Michael Kelly (University of Cambridge) shows that most of the ambitions to decarbonise the UK and global economy have not been put through an engineering reality test. Full paper

Dr Whitehouse reviews 12 speculative causes given for the global warming ‘pause’.

The outgoing European Commission has recent proposed new EU-wide CO2 emissions and renewables targets for 2030 which will be discussed by the European Council in the next 12 months. There is no certainty that the targets will be adopted or will remain as stringent as currently proposed. This uncertainty has significant implications for UK climate policy. […]

A debate about the geological perspective of global warming between Robert Carter, Vincent Courtillot and Colin P. Summerhayes. Full report

Dr Madhav Khandekar examines several recent extreme weather events and discusses them the context of the ongoing climate debate. Full report.

Andrew Montford reveals a significant problem in the UK’s official UKCP09 climate predictions. Full report.

Andrew Montford reviews the Cook et al. survey and concludes that its so-called global warming consensus is so broad that it is virtually meaningless. Full Note

Andrew Montford’s written evidence to the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee Inquiry on Climate – Public Understanding And Policy Implications is available here