Climate Fraud in Seattle
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009Natural Drivers of Weather and Climate « Watts Up With That?
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER: LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON A GLOBAL PROBLEM
with Philip Mote and Steve Malloch
Climate change is heating up our planet. Here in Washington we are beginning to get a glimpse of what the future holds for us – sometimes too much water and at other times, too little water. How do we respond to the prospect of more floods, drought, wildfires, and other catastrophes? This seminar will look at our current situation and put forward community-wide solutions for how we respond to serious issues relating to growth, development, climate, and community. We’ll also look at personal solutions – what you can do in your home and with your lifestyle that can reduce not just your carbon footprint, but also your “water footprint.”
Within the planning-horizon of governments, policy-makers are faced with mutually-exclusive hypotheses - warmer or cooler. We should know within a decade; but for now, the prudent course is monitor and analyse, but not commit to planning for just one of these two outcomes. Some papers in this issue present well-researched contrarian views as to what drives weather and climate. Others say it is premature to fight a threat which is as yet unestablished. I commend to you the papers herein, and thank all authors – and reviewers - for their hard work.
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