Thursday, February 21, 2013

THE UN's climate change chief, Rajendra Pachauri, has acknowledged a 17-year pause in global temperature rises, confirmed recently by Britain's Met Office, but said it would need to last "30 to 40 years at least" to break the long-term global warming trend

Climate Change Dispatch - 'Nothing off-limits' in climate debate
THE UN's climate change chief, Rajendra Pachauri, has acknowledged a 17-year pause in global temperature rises, confirmed recently by Britain's Met Office, but said it would need to last "30 to 40 years at least" to break the long-term global warming trend.

Dr Pachauri, the chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that open discussion about controversial science and politically incorrect views was an essential part of tackling climate change.
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In Melbourne for a 24-hour visit to deliver a lecture for Deakin University, Dr Pachauri said that people had the right to question the science, whatever their motivations.

"People have to question these things and science only thrives on the basis of questioning," Dr Pachauri said.

He said there was "no doubt about it" that it was good for controversial issues to be "thrashed out in the public arena".
Flashback: No consensus here: While warmist James Hansen has admitted that global temps have been "flat" for many years, warmist John Abraham continues to deny it
In reality, climate has not taken a "breather."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hmm. Wonder how the next 17 years of cooling will impress Pachuri.

17 + 17 ='s 34

Of course, they'll end up blaming the entire 34 yr cycle on "AGW."