Hmm: UN and Indonesian tourism organizations team up with the German government to urge Indonesian children to lobby tourism leaders to take climate change seriously?

Indonesia’s children asking for strong action against climate change

School kids from Pangandaran, Indonesia, have urged global tourism leaders to take climate change seriously. The 451 participants of the Mangrove Ambassadors Program voiced out through a selection of 24 “Letters to Leaders” how climate change is affecting their daily lives at one of the most popular tourism destinations in Indonesia. The Ambassadors Program is part of a joint project by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, supported by the government of Germany, to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

Polar Bear Blog – Breakup on Hudson Bay

Bad Timing – The current panic over Churchill’s polar bears stems from a constant comparison of the polar bears from the mid-1980s (condition, population, etc) to the early 2000s data (up to 2003 ice season). The challenge here is that these charts sure make it look like the early 1980s were actually PEAK years for Churchill’s bears while the late 90s/early 2000s were a string of disasters.

Film profiles scientists in the front line of climate change | Voxy.co.nz

Excerpts from a new feature film that paints an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand the world’s changing climate will be shown at Victoria University tonight.

Six years in the making, Thin Ice-the Inside Story of Climate Science, follows 40 scientists, including a number from New Zealand, at work in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Europe and the United States. They talk about their work and their hopes and fears as they study changes in the atmosphere, oceans and ice sheets through measurements and computer modelling.
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Tonight’s event is the beginning of a six week campaign to raise awareness of the opportunity for global audiences to see the film for free in April 2013.

Nenana Ice Classic

Mar 7 - 48.7 Inches  [Ice thicker in 2013 than on the same date decades ago?]

Does warmist Elon Musk really care more about his children than the average climate realist?: He's got five, says he doesn't see them enough, and admits "I do have a nanny there, otherwise they'd kill each other"

SXSW: Elon Musk discusses hovering rocket, Mars and that NYT review - latimes.com

The one somewhat controversial moment came when moderator Chris Anderson asked Musk about his personal life, which Musk conceded was too busy, and his five children.

"Kids are awesome, you guys should all have kids. Kids are great," Musk said, before revealing that he doesn't see his children enough and often emails for work when he spends time with them.

"In the absence of that, I would not be able to get my job done," he said, drawing mutters from the crowd.

Perhaps sensing the audience's discomfort, Anderson said, "It's really not good for the children, it's really not good for the email."

Musk's response: "I do have a nanny there, otherwise they'd kill each other."

Flashback: Tesla CEO Elon Musk: "There is no question that at a certain level, [CO2 emissions] will destroy the Earth, or destroy large portions of the Earth"

Can the world fight climate change and energy poverty at the same time?

Roger Pielke Jr., an environmental studies professor at the University of Colorado, has pointed out that the international community’s definition of “modern energy access” tends to be pitiful — it means providing people with a mere 2.2 percent of the energy that the average American uses.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi

I dont recall seeing this kind of cold ( nearly 20 below normal, 5 days) in the bluish areas) in March [Europe] pic.twitter.com/BUkMjiEKoV

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi

Wicked cold, major snows to hit Europe with nw France getting blizzard tnt/tom to start game. Victorian era temps! pic.twitter.com/wtSIvDQ5oG

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi

Is Victoria's Secret the return of Victorian era temps, meaning they will be selling big bulky bathrobes to keep warm? We need AGW.. ha ha

Washington, D.C., wants to be the greenest city in the U.S. | Grist

Gray seemed to stress, however, that going green can’t just be the agenda of educated, liberal, white environmentalists.

British Customs discovers 30 million cigarettes masquerading as wind turbine parts | Grist

the idea of using “green” commerce to engage in commerce that is not only not green but also illegal, well, there is a certain poetry to it.

The cigarettes were believed to be Chinese counterfeits, first loaded onto a ship in the Shenzhen region of China.

Twitter / bryanrwalsh: Would be great to hear the ...

Would be great to hear the living with less is better argument from someone who wasn't already rich: http://nyti.ms/ZzTIF5

Flashback: "Living with less" the Oprah Winfrey way

Exxon at Least 25 Years Away From Making Fuel From Algae - Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)’s $600 million foray into creating motor fuels from algae may not succeed for at least another 25 years because of technical hurdles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson said.

Twitter / KarlreMarks

@lee_alley @clim8resistance I think the rule is if it's for a good purpose, you're allowed to make scientifically dubious claims.

HadCRUT4 : Only 0.2C Warming In The Last 50 Years: 'There has only been 0.2C warming since 1960. This is not unprecedented' | Climate Depot

'And whatever caused temperatures to start rising in 1880 had nothing to do with your SUV. The long term trend indicates that temperatures are rising about one tenth as fast as climate alarmists claim'

Really silly article on how climate change was factor in Syrian civil war. Environmental determinism at its worst' | Climate Depot

'Attempt to find natural explanations for the social world, which this article is a victim of, is toxic to developing a sensible picture of what's happening. Everything from inner city crime to conflict in C. Africa'

SXSW 2013: Al Gore Uncomfortable Talking About Oil Money

Al Gore looked like a deer in headlights answering tough questions at the SXSW Panel. He sloppily tries to explain how he could accept oil money, but is clearly uncomfortable talking about the line of questioning.

Keystone XL Hypocrisy: Opponent Tom Friedman rails about home energy use despite living in mega-mansion | Climate Depot

NYT's Friedman prays for Co2 tax debate: 'Nothing would do more to clean our air, drive clean-tech innovation, weaken petro-dictators and reduce the deficit than a carbon tax. One prays this will become part of the budget debate'

Michael Mann: "The disinformation machine finally appears to be going into full gear now to discredit latest study striking a critical blow against the industry-funded climate change denial campaign"

The disinformation... | Facebook

The disinformation machine finally appears to be going into full gear now to discredit latest study striking a critical blow against the industry-funded climate change denial campaign. Powerline Blog, a right-wing Scaife foundation climate change-denying front group (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_H._Hinderaker http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Claremont_Institute) attacks the new Marcott et al Science article showing unprecedented modern warming trend (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/03/green-weenie-of-the-week-stick-figure-men.php). Have to wonder what took them so long ;-)

Twitter / MichaelEMann: #PowerlineBlog=#Scaife ...

#PowerlineBlog=#Scaife #climatechange #Denial #FrontGroup (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_H._Hinderaker … http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Claremont_Institute …) & so: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/03/green-weenie-of-the-week-stick-figure-men.php … #HSCW

Green Weenie of the Week: Stick Figure Men | Power Line

The other thing this chart—or any chart—can’t do, even if correct, is predict the future. To repeat a central point: the basic relationship between greenhouse gases and temperature is non-linear, that is, there is diminishing warming from each additional molecule of GHG in the air. That’s why a doubling of CO2 alone will only get you about a 1.1 degree C increase in temperature. Which is not much to write home about; in fact, that amount of temperature increase likely has net benefits for the planet, as the IPCC itself has grudgingly acknowledged if you know how to read between the lines in their phonebook-sized reports. All of the action in the catastrophic scenarios depend on uniformly positive amplifications of the “feedback” effects, which this chart cannot help demonstrate.

California Considering 25 Projects for Carbon Offset Credits - Bloomberg

The candidates for offset credits include a project to improve forest management practices to avoid emissions related to timber harvesting and several to destroy biogas at farms

Who will speak up for climate change adaptation?

Climate change will exert a daily influence on the lives of urban Australians. [Really?]

Air Board May Have It Right On Cap And Trade | Santa Monica Mirror

There is strict secrecy about who’s bidding how much...most businesses paid nothing for 90 percent of their pollution allowances

UK weather: Snow and freezing temperatures on the way in cold snap that could be chilliest of the entire winter - Mirror Online

Bookies have slashed the odds on a white Easter as the return of freezing temperatures and snow to Britain this week looks like it will delay springtime weather even further.

Twitter / bryanrwalsh: .@fivethirtyeight on climate ...

.@fivethirtyeight on climate prediction: models can get themselves in trouble when they make overly specific predictions for future events

Ok, so who's up for giving up their wealth, convenience, and freedom in an attempt to stop the Earth's most northernmost regions from greening?

Twitter / NASA: New study shows Earth's ...

New study shows Earth's northernmost regions have greened as the result of a warming climate. http://go.nasa.gov/12Amv2s  #climatechange

Another Hansen Fail : Global Temperature Not Responding To Changes In CO2 | Real Science

Since earth hit Hansen’s magic number of 350 ppm CO2, global temperature changes have tailed off – and now have a negative slope. If CO2 is the Earth’s thermostat, then it is broken and someone needs to call the repairman.

Shock News : World’s Hottest Temperature Occurred At 300 PPM CO2 | Real Science

Shock News : World’s Worst Heatwave Occurred At 304 PPM CO2 | Real Science

Fastest Warming Place On Earth Is Cooling | Real Science

Base Bernardo O’Higgins is right at the tip of the Antarctica Peninsula, which NASA says is the fastest warming place on Earth.

Weather Underground has records there going back to 2004, which show that the base has cooled about one degree since the start of records.
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Note that summers have gotten much cooler.

1947 Climate Emergency : Arctic Warmed Ten Degrees! Earth To Drown! International Agency Needed To Fund Climate Science! | Real Science

temperatures in the Arctic have increased by 10 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. An ’enormous’ rise from the scientific standpoint.

‘The Arctic change is so serious that I hope an international agency can speedily be formed

80 Years Of Declining Temperatures In Western Greenland | Real Science

Temperatures in western Greenland peaked in the 1940s.

Visualizing The NOAA Extreme Weather Farce | Real Science

Classic Orwell – mild is extreme - extreme is mild.

Clear Solar Impact On Climate Shown By New Study – German Meteorologist Calls Parrenin et al Paper “The Latest Gag”

Now yet another new study published at Quaternary Science Reviews shows in no uncertain terms that the sun, the source of almost all of the Earth’s thermal energy, drives the climate and that the climate naturally swings in cycles.

Alternate New York Times Headline: ‘Global Warming Saves Civilization’ | RedState

Consider what a global ice age would mean. Cincinnati, OH and points north would be under a glacier hundreds of feet thick (not necessarily a bad thing, in the mind of some readers and SEC football fans). Agriculture would be impossible in North America. The planet could sustain a tiny fraction of its current population.

Even with a cooling of a couple of degrees Celsius, crop yields and growing seasons would shift dramatically for the worse. It would be increasingly difficult to feed the planet.

Given the choice between Global Warming and Global Cooling, give me Warming any day.

Here’s an interesting question for the Climate Change community: What would today’s global temperature be absent the man-made CO2 input since the Industrial Revolution?

Biggest March snowstorm in Worcester, MA

4th biggest March snowstorm in Boston

McKibben Blames 5,000 Years Of Middle East Instability On Your SUV | Real Science

The Middle East has been in continuous war for about 5,000 years. It could have all been avoided by a carbon tax.

New Chukchi Sea polar bear survey – exciting preliminary results | polarbearscience

All in all, good news – no population estimate but some record high weights for males and at least one triplet litter suggests that Chukchi Sea polar bears – which are not currently contributing to the global total population estimate – are doing very well indeed.

Twitter / SethMacFarlane: Hey press-- y'know that frenzy ...

Hey press-- y'know that frenzy you whipped up over the Oscars? Try using the same zeal over climate change. Just once. Make yourself useful.

Gore predicted NYC flooding? Yes — 185 years after it first happened! | JunkScience.com

But NYC’s first storm-related flood occurred about 185 years before Al Gore started doing his scary slide shows.

Heavy snowfall - State of emergency declared in northern Mexico

Mexico’s government today declared a state of emergency for 25 municipalities in the northern state of Zacatecas because of a heavy snowfall.

Study finds climate change is making Arctic seasons more like south

Using satellite data, the team found the change that's already happened is equivalent to about five degrees of latitude. They then averaged 17 different climate models to suggest that by the end of the century, Victoria Island will have the same temperature profile as Wyoming.
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"The Arctic is a feast for two-and-a-half months," Myneni said. "There's a tremendous amount of food available."

Tropical forests unexpectedly resilient to climate change : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/tropical-forests-unexpectedly-resilient-to-climate-change-1.12570

Tropical forests are unlikely to die off as a result of the predicted rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases this century, a new study finds. The analysis refutes previous work that predicted the catastrophic loss of the Amazon rainforest as one of the more startling potential outcomes of climate change.

- Bishop Hill blog - Review of ‘What counts as good evidence for policy?’ 

While Pielke’s clear about scientists and institutions claiming trust based on claims to authority, or simply by position in the institutional firmament, when it comes to climate policy he seems to be virtually divorced from the evidence:

The science is plenty good enough to justify action. Where the failure lies is with people like us, policy wonks who have not been creative enough to come up with policy solutions that meet broad common interest ...’

Twitter / Revkin: Was Friday off-record White ...

Was Friday off-record White House mtg first step in Obama "national conversation" on climate? @jbrodernyt @thecaucus http://nyti.ms/XYoZmQ

Energy and Climate on the White House Agenda - NYTimes.com

The attendees were asked not to discuss the specifics of the conversation.

It’s coal, stupid | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun

A scientific paper published last year by Canadian climate scientists Andrew Weaver [also a Green party candidate; but don't worry, because like all scientists, he probably checks his ideology at the door and is, like, super-objective when doing sciencey-type stuff] and Neil Swart concluded that when it comes to anthropogenic climate change, the global use of coal is a far greater threat than oil, including Canada’s oil sands.

Electric Car Dreams Shatter

Despite the billions spent by the likes of Renault-Nissan to develop electric cars, optimism about their future has dampened considerably. Carmakers are going back to the drawing board in the hunt for fuel-saving technologies as hopes that electric vehicles will be the silver bullet for CO2 emissions look increasingly forlorn.

Billions up for grabs - Yahoo!7

The Tasmanian Government stands to gain billions of dollars in carbon credits from native forests earmarked for protection under the forest peace deal...Tasmanian farmers are being encouraged to look into the benefits of the Federal Government's carbon farming initiative.

Twitter / MichaelEMann

@JenLucPiquant I have a GG story! @thelaurengraham [of the Gilmore Girls!!] 1ce switched tables at restaurant (Prune) 2 make room 4 @ClimateOfGavin, me, & friend :-)

Twitter / toxicpath: @MichaelEMann IMO the onus ...

@MichaelEMann IMO the onus is on doubters to prove such a rate can happen in nature.

Twitter / MichaelEMann: @toxicpath Yes--its difficult ...

@toxicpath Yes--its difficult to find a natural mechanism that could lead to similarly rapid & large changes in global mean temperature...

Flashback

[David Archibald] What is also interesting is the 2.2° temperature rise from 7.8° in 1696 to 10.0° in 1732. This is a 2.2° rise is 36 years [in Central England]. By comparison, the world has seen a 0.6° rise over the 100 years of the 20th century. That temperature rise in the early 18th century was four times as large and three times as fast as the rise in the 20th century.

The significance of this is that the world can experience very rapid temperature swings all due to natural causes. The temperature peak of 10° in 1732 wasn’t reached again until 1947.

How Climate Change Worsened Violence in Syria : Climate [Hoax] Desk

International security experts explain how low rainfall can evolve into violent conflict.

Quote fabrications from Australian academic climate communicators Lewandowsky and Cook – Shub Niggurath Climate

How did this happen? Maybe, there is a simple explanation. Perhaps Lewandowsky and Cook obtained institutional review via proper channels but failed to mention them in their paper.

Trenberth Says That Global Warming Has Heated Up The Water Around The US | Real Science

The story is that global warming heated up SSTs around the US, causing Sandy. This is why almost the entire US coast is surrounded below normal sea surface temperatures.

'Heavy and persistent' snow to hit the South - Telegraph

Britain faces another onslaught of wintry weather this week as forecasters warned snow and severe cold weather and will strike large swathes of the country. Up to 5cm will fall from Devon to Kent, hitting London on Monday night.

A review of Craig Rosebraugh’s documentary “Greedy Lying Bastards” | Watts Up With That?

Michael Moore for Dummies

March Winter Storm Breaks Snowfall Records in CT, NY, MA and DC

A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 3.3 INCHES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC [March 7?]… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 0.2 INCHES SET IN 1989.

A tipping point that can't tip

Absolutely essential to global warming alarm are tipping points. An extrapolation of the gentle warming we experienced in the last 150 years ago would not alarm anybody. So something that will derail the existing trend in a big way has to be predicted. And the usual prediction is that water vapour will build up and thus cause accelerated warming. But what if water vapour is actually declining? A paper by Ken Gregory shows that it is -- under the heading: "Water Vapor Decline Cools the Earth: NASA Satellite Data". I have a letter from Bill Gray supporting the conclusions. I present just the introduction and conclusions below -- JR

Checking Up On The New York Times | Real Science

A month ago the New York Times told us that the Iditarod was doomed by global warming.

Look at the graph to see the evidence of global warming - Telegraph

Yet it was on that modest rise in the 1980s and 1990s that the whole of the greatest and most expensive scare in history was launched on its way, with all the terrifying political and economic consequences we see around us today. The very last people to recognise this, alas, will be our politicians, because they seem incapable of looking properly at the evidence. The price we are all increasingly having to pay for their gullibility is incalculable.

I guess that makes sense: Turns out that our national seashores lie at sea level, and thus any low-lying land nearby might get flooded if there is a storm surge or a high tide or both

Rebuilding After Sandy: Moving The National Park Service Forward With An Eye On Climate Change

Lying at sea level as they do, national seashores -- Cape Cod, Fire Island, Assateague Island, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Cumberland Island, and Cape Canaveral -- are helpless when the Atlantic is churned by storms, and to sea levels rising as the polar caps melt. Much of the land in those seashores is barely 1 meter above the current sea level, Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, said last August. That low-lying landscape makes them highly susceptible to overwash and higher sea levels, he said.

Sandy proved him correct, as Assateague Island sustained overwash in many areas and Fire Island was breached by the hurricane's punches.

In 2005, Revkin told us that the climate debate would "swing on" questions like "How much does one value the quality of a child’s adult life?"

Passions and Detachment in Journalism - NYTimes.com

[Revkin, 2005] But no one can ever expect to see a headline in The New York Times reading: “Global Warming Strikes. Seas Rise. Coasts Flood. Crops Fail. People Flee.” All of those things are likely to play out if the world does not find a way to stop emitting greenhouse gases as the global population goes to 10 billion or so and rich and poor nations continue to grow their economies. But they will be dispersed in time and geography, constituting the ultimate slow drip.

What this debate will swing on, ultimately, is the softer stuff –- things like evolving values. How much does one value the quality of a child’s adult life?

Green Goliath: "figures provided by Greenpeace show global income in 2011 as $313.4m"

Mark Lynas: truth, treachery and GM food

Lynas's metamorphosis gathered real pace when he started work on his 2004 book High Tide. It concerned the consequences of manmade climate change and involved him touring the continents seeking out its effects. This was a cause he was happy to be swept into: climate change made a perfect subplot for his grand narrative about the world of evil capitalism ruining nature.
...Lynas also experienced a more subtle realignment in his worldview. He'd been used to seeing the Green movement as the brave, scrappy underdogs. But the more he looked, the more little David began to resemble Goliath. "Just take the numbers," he says. "Greenpeace, the whole international group, is a $150m outfit [in fact, figures provided by Greenpeace show global income in 2011 as $313.4m]. Bigger than the World Trade Organisation, and much more influential in terms of determining how people think." For Lynas, the modern Green movement is one of undeniable force. It's changed the world "sometimes for the better", but not always.

Music, photographs to combat climate change

Environmentalists use music, photographs to combat climate change - Young winners from 14 countries including Kenya, Malawi and Morocco have been honoured at a Connect4Climate (C4C) event in Washington DC, US, aimed at using music, photographs, videos to combat climate change.
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The Voices4Climate event was hosted by C4C, a global partnership dedicated to climate change communication and action launched by the World Bank, the Italian Ministry of Environment and the Global Environment Facility in 2011.
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The winners of the competition came from Bangladesh, Colombia, Croatia, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Green Scam, I am

My question is, if this is true, and flooding will swallow beaches, islands, and any state with an opening to the sea, why do Hollywood celebrities and political elites build lavish homes on the water front, beaches, and tropical islands?

Al Gore talks about uncertain 'Future,' spider goats at SXSW | TechHive

Above all, Gore believes that a free and open Internet is the beginning of how we can change things for the better in all directions.  [Hey Al:  So why don't you allow comments on your blog?]

NBC: Hey, did we mention that Antarctica is allegedly among the fastest warming regions in the world?

NBCNews.com video: Antarctica among fastest warming regions

A recent study found that global temperatures are warmer now than at any time in the last 4,000 years -- and getting warmer. With that in mind, NBC's Kerry Sanders recently traveled to the bottom of the earth, to Antarctica, where this warming trend is already having a big impact.  [Via DB]

Flashback: NSIDC Reports That Antarctica is Cooling and Sea Ice is Increasing | Watts Up With That?

Al Gore Defends Against Critics of His Al Jazeera Deal at SXSW [VIDEO]

"I knew when I made that decision...my principle obligation was to do business in a way that makes the world a better place," Gore told NowThis News.

Buses carry climate change message - Jamaica

A number of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses have been emblazoned with slogans such as 'Climate Change: We have to Change' and messages urging persons to protect the environment, including the coastal resources.

The advertisement campaign is funded under the Government of Jamaica/European Union(EU)/United Nations Environment Programme Climate Change Adaptation Disaster Risk Reduction Project, as part of its public education initiative.

Ireland: Trócaire “mystified” by “weak” draft climate change bill

The charity said it is disappointed at what it describes as a “row back” on the all-party draft bill on climate change.

As I See It: On climate change, perspective matters | PennLive.com

Maybe weather is not really that crazy and maybe “climate change” isn’t a crisis. How about we stop trying to put crazy labels on something that has always been part of this incredibly resilient planet and just call it what it is.

Weather. Maybe it just is.

Tom Russell is the chief meteorologist for WHP-TV in Harrisburg

What Al Gore Predicts for the Future | Inc.com

Gore said the single most common criticism [Really?] he'd gotten from deniers of his global-warming claims was regarding the animation showing ocean water flowing into the World Trade Center memorial site. "It happened as of last October, way ahead of schedule," he said, referring to Superstorm Sandy.

'Turning the Tide' Missoula conference: Global warming affects mental health

Kevin Dohr is a psychologist, and when he started looking at the way climate change affects people, his mind went bonkers.

“It didn’t take long for me to be totally freaked out,” Dohr said Saturday. “So I invite you to be totally freaked out with me.”

Dohr extended the invitation to participants of a conference called “Turning the Tide: Reclaiming Human Health by Restoring the Planet.” The series of discussions about the health impacts of climate change was put on at St. Patrick Hospital by Providence Health and Services, Western Montana Region.