Economics professor Garnaut claims Richard Lindzen is a "one off"

Professor Garnaut also took aim at new-found climate change sceptic Senator Steve Fielding saying he had also spoken to respected atmospheric physicist Richard Lindzen, who Senator Fielding met with on a recent trip to the US, and discounted his opinion that the global warming effect of carbon dioxide is overestimated.

"I would have been delighted if there were 10 or 20 or better still 100 of Richard Lindzens around the world but unfortunately he's a one off," Professor Garnaut said. "It would be imprudent beyond the normal limits of irrationality to grab one dissenting view among the serious climate scientists and say 'I am going to believe that and not to believe the views of all of Australia's credentialed climate scientists'."

[Is this a paid position?]: [Climate fraudster] Pachauri to "help" Maharashtra combat climate change

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Friday announced the formation of a committee under the guidance of Nobel laureate Rajendra Pachauri to combat problems arising from climate change.

“This is one of many administrative decisions the government will take to celebrate 50 years of Maharashtra’s existence,” Mr. Chavan told journalists here. The State was formed on May 1, 1960.

Dr. Pachauri, director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, congratulated Mr. Chavan on addressing the grave issue of global warming at the policy level. “I don’t know of any other state that has made such a commitment.” The move would throw up business opportunities for the State if it came up with exportable technologies. The committee would ensure that climate change did not come in the way of economic welfare and output, thereby making the economy “climate proof,” Dr. Pachauri said.