Posted on 12/03/2009 8:30:19 AM PST by CedarDave
E-mails hacked from a climate research institute suggest climate change does not have a human cause, according to Saudi Arabia's lead climate negotiator.
Mohammad Al-Sabban told BBC News that the issue will have a "huge impact" on next week's UN climate summit, with countries unwilling to cut emissions.
Other scientists say the e-mails from the University of East Anglia do not alter the picture of man-made warming.
Meanwhile, India has set a target for curbing the rise in its CO2 emissions.
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh pledged to cut India's emissions intensity - the amount of greenhouse gases produced for every unit of GDP - by 20-25% by 2020, "if we get support from the international community".
Saudi Arabia is an influential member of the G77/China bloc which leads the "developing world" side in many elements of the UN negotiations.
Mr Al-Sabban made clear that he expects it to derail the single biggest objective of the summit - to agree limitations on greenhouse gas emissions.
"It appears from the details of the scandal that there is no relationship whatsoever between human activities and climate change," he told BBC News.
"Climate is changing for thousands of years, but for natural and not human-induced reasons.
"So, whatever the international community does to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have no effect on the climate's natural variability."
Some other countries shared this view, he said; and as a result, governments would not be prepared to countenance agreeing anything that would affect economic growth for many years, until "new evidence" settled the scientific picture.
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Why do some say ‘hacked’ and others say ‘leaked’? Why aren’t Jones and Mann explaining how the data was brought forth into the sunlight?
“It appears from the details of the scandal that there is no relationship whatsoever between human activities and climate change,” he told BBC News.
“Climate is changing for thousands of years, but for natural and not human-induced reasons.
“So, whatever the international community does to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have no effect on the climate’s natural variability.”
Thank you!
A voice of SANITY!
Again Obama will make an arse out of himself.
Not only will be continue to look WEAK.
We will also Look astonishingly STUPID.
The world will see WHY we suck in Math and Science when compared to the other industrialized countries. Our Science is JUNK SCIENCE.
For libs, “hacked” is a bad word they use to cast doubt on the authenticity of the emails and data. “leaked” only applies to good things leaked, such as sensitive information on US listening to terrorist phone calls.
In this case, its obvious the information was leaked as it was provided to the BBC about a month in advance of its publication on the Russian internet server. The BBC ignored it so the leaker decided to go to the internet.
Don’t forget, 0 is a science fan! In fact, he’s actually Spock in disguise (except for the ears lol).
Personally, I seriously doubt 0 has a grasp of math or science beyond the eighth grade level...
Could these hacked/leaked emails be the 21st Century’s version of The Zimmerman Telegram?
Agreed. I thought of that book when the story broke.
No it won't, they will ignore the facts as they have done for the past 20 years.
LOL!
What do you get with a lube?
:oD
The appendix on eugenics and Lysenkoism was worth reading in its own right.
Michael Crichton, RIP! A sad loss at a fairly early age. I wish he’d lived to see the tide turning against the AGW scam!
“LOL! What do you get with a lube?”
Boy, there is a joke there, but I am NOT going to go for it...
“No it won’t, they will ignore the facts as they have done for the past 20 years.”
I doubt it, more from the standpoint of political expediency than any regard for ethics.
I will say, though, that the way the Dem Congress is ignoring public sentiment on a wide range of issues will bite them sooner or later! The 2010 elections can’t come soon enough for me!
Wonderful post! Thanks for the laugh!
Agreed, again. I read Andromeda Strain at the age of 10 and was a Chricton fan ever since.
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