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

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

Ross McKitrick proposes a radical new climate policy approach that offers to be the most cost-effective means of curbing CO2 emissions, while automatically adjusting the stringency of the policy to the severity of the problem. Full report  

Polar bears are a conservation success story. Their numbers have rebounded remarkably since 1973 and we can say for sure that there are more polar bears now than there were 40 years ago.  Susan Crockford has made a summary of reasons not to worry about polar bears, with links to supporting data. Full paper (pdf)

What it would take to persuade me that current climate policy makes sense I have written about climate change and energy policy for more than 25 years. I have come to the conclusion that current energy and climate policy is probably more dangerous, both economically and ecologically, than climate change itself. This is not the […]