- Bishop Hill blog - A kind of debate

I'm due to appear at a debate in Glasgow sponsored by UKIP tomorrow. The motion is:

This meeting believes there is no evidence of catastrophic warming remotely as catastrophic as the regulations, taxes and other costs imposed to ameliorate it

Unfortunately, the organisers haven't been able to get anyone to oppose the speakers for the motion - myself, Jim Sillars, and Christopher Monckton. This is not for lack of trying. The list of people who have spurned the opportunity is extraordinary:

All 129 MSPs
All 5 party organisation...

Twitter / RichardTol: Some of my dear colleagues ...

Some of my dear colleagues in IPCC WG2 propose to conclude: CLIMATE CHANGE BRINGS RISKS AND RISKS ONLY fn: risks can be positive or negative

Northeast Storminess

[Revkin] While dramatic, Northeast storminess is not the place to look for signals of greenhouse-driven global warming.