Q&A: Bill McKibben on CO2 and the Future - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Q. What did 350.org take away from the Copenhagen conference?
A.  In some ways, for us it was a “best of times, worst of times” scenario. We’d just come off our huge October day of demonstrations, with 5,200 events in 181 countries. And we were able to take that momentum and use it to get 117 nations firmly behind the 350 target, which a year before would have been sheer fantasy. We really made the science the center of the meeting.

Harmless Sky - Climate, the countryside and landscapes » Hiding the decline - in the number of storms

When people talk about the fundamental evidence for AGW not being called into question they are considering only a few specific allegations. But we rely entirely on the IPCC for that evidence. It is not too much to say that the evidence for AGW is the IPCC. If the IPCC assessment process is contaminated by a culture that is essentially concerned with presentation, then the whole of that process, and the conclusions that have been reached about global warming, require fresh scrutiny.

The above email suggests that, in this case at least, the IPCC’s priority was massaging the evidence to suit the message. In how many other instances is this case?

Oxfam latest UK Bill Board, is it legal? | Climate Realists

The bill board heading reads:

"You might have read that the climate change talks are dead in the water"

"Bit of irony there for the thousands who'll be hit by floods"

Writers Focus on Climate Change At SAARC Literature Fest

New Delhi, March 26 – Writers from South Asian countries have joined hands to discuss climate change issues and ways in which they can contribute in creating more awareness at the 33rd SAARC Festival of Literature that began here Friday.

Hundreds of writers, students and academicians from diverse backgrounds are participating in the three-day festival at the India International Centre here.