Birmingham Lunar Society discusses climate change - Birmingham Post

...For example, asked whether climate change was a natural planetary or man-made event, Ms McGlade warned: “A hundred and fifty years ago we started the industrial revolution and it is obvious that from that point carbon dioxide started to increase.

“In the last 150 years what we have seen is an unprecedented increase in CO2 emissions. Every observation we bring in tells us we are now outside the most conservative models for CO2 emissions. Even sceptics I meet are becoming more convinced.”

One such sceptic on the panel who remained unconvinced however, was former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Energy Nigel Lawson whose book An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming, dismisses the majority scientific verdict.

“The science is anything but settled,” he told a somewhat incredulous audience.

“There are natural forces at work in the climate, there always has been. The hysteria we have on this issue is totally unwarranted.”