Global warming isn't real, says Senator Fielding

Family First Senator Steve Fielding has made up his mind on global warming - there's not enough evidence that it's real.

After talks with the Government and top scientists, Senator Fielding, who holds a crucial Senate vote, has released a document setting out his position.

"Global temperature isn't rising," it says.

On emissions trading, Senator Fielding said he wouldn't risk job losses on "unconvincing green science".

The document was prepared with the help of some of the country's most prominent climate-sceptic scientists.

It says it is a "fact" that the evidence does not support the notion that greenhouse gas emissions are causing dangerous global warming.

Australian senator rejects climate change evidence | Green Business | Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A senator crucial to Australia's plans for carbon trading said on Wednesday he did not believe climate change was real, delivering what could be a fatal blow to government plans to slash industrial gas emissions.

Just a day after the upper house moved to delay debate on the emissions trading regime until August, independent Senator Steve Fielding said he had yet to see conclusive evidence of climate shift during days of closed-door government briefings.

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Politicians focused on salvaging the troubled global economy should not forget the risks their populations face from global warming, Annan said. "They need to pay attention because there will be tensions over scarce resources."

The six-year-old conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, which the United Nations estimates has killed 300,000 people, is an example where environmental pressures morphed into war, and the drylands of East Africa and the Middle East are also vulnerable to added stresses from global warming, he said.