Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Climate change denier senators seek to cut funds peddling myths « Shub Niggurath Climate
Michael Mann starts off,

“This is a dishonest climate change denier myth,…”

He then went on to say that errors in the IPCC reports are not important because they are not in the summary for policy makers. I think he reads a specially printed version which only he has access to. He should read more.
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One wonder what the senators will think of scientists like Michael Mann equating them to liars and ‘deniers’.
Climate effort 'insufficent': Ban Ki-moon
"I'm deeply concerned that our efforts so far have been insufficient, that despite the evidence and many years of negotiation we are still not rising to the challenge," Ban told the UN-led talks of more than 190 nations on Tuesday.

"Business as usual cannot be tolerated," he said. "Cancun must represent a breakthrough."
World Bank makes a play for climate finance role « Climate Progress
Yesterday, a group of multilateral development banks – including the World Bank Group – made the case for their role in managing climate finance. These banks clearly have the appropriate tools to move the significant amounts of capital called for in the Copenhagen Accord, but there are still questions about their ability to direct that capital to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
1,000 Recorded Floods On The Yangtze River | Real Science
Including one in 1931 that killed 145,000 people. CO2 was 310 ppm at the time, well below Hansen’s safe level of 350.

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