Öppet brev till FN

I ett öppet brev till FN:s generalsekreterare uppmanar 100 forskare FN att upphöra med att bekämpa klimatförändringar och istället satsa på klimatanpassning. Föga överraskande har detta inte fått någon publicitet i svensk media. Utdrag ur brevtexten:

In stark contrast to the often repeated assertion that the science of climate change is "settled," significant new peer-reviewed research has cast even more doubt on the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming. But because IPCC working groups were generally instructed (see http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/wg1_timetable_2006-08-14.pdf) to consider work published only through May, 2005, these important findings are not included in their reports; i.e., the IPCC assessment reports are already materially outdated.

The UN climate conference in Bali has been planned to take the world along a path of severe CO2 restrictions, ignoring the lessons apparent from the failure of the Kyoto Protocol, the chaotic nature of the European CO2 trading market, and the ineffectiveness of other costly initiatives to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Balanced cost/benefit analyses provide no support for the introduction of global measures to cap and reduce energy consumption for the purpose of restricting CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it is irrational to apply the "precautionary principle" because many scientists recognize that both climatic coolings and warmings are realistic possibilities over the medium-term future.

Hela brevet återfinns publicerat på National Post liksom namnen på de (kvalificerade) forskare som har underteckat brevet. Återigen visar det sig att den s.k. koncensus bara är ett fantasifoster.