Saudi Arabia wants independent investigation on Climategate

Digital Journal ^ | Dec 7, 2009 | Andrew Moran

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During the 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Saudi Arabia officials believe the climate science has been "shaken" and that they want an independent inquiry.

The Climategate scandal has rocked the environmental communities across the globe prompting scientists and public officials to play a game of “he said, she said” and now a prominent Saudi Arabian Chief Climate Negotiator, Mohammed al-Sabban, believes the climate science has been “shaken” due to thousands of leaked e-mails and documents, according to AFP.

Al-Sabban further called for an independent international investigation into the Climategate scandal; however, he doesn’t want the United Nations climate science body to conduct such investigations because they have been compromised.

“The level of trust is definitely shaken, especially now that we are about to conclude an agreement that ... is going to mean sacrifices for our economies. The IPCC, which is the authority accused, is not going to be able to conduct the investigation,” said al-Sabban in front of delegates at the opening of the conference.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chairman Rajendra Pachauri’s plea that the science maintains its integrity was rejected by al-Sabban, “In light of recent information... the scientific scandal has assumed huge proportion. We think it is definitely going to affect the nature of what can be trusted in the negotiations.”

Arab News declared that Saudi Arabia is the first country to seize the opportunity to break the international consensus because of the British university e-mails and falsified data. Therefore, al-Sabban states that there is no correlation between human activities and climate change.

“Climate is changing ...but for natural and not human-induced reasons.

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The IPCC, reports Politico, has promised that it will investigate Climategate.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[maine-iac7]

he doesn’t want the United Nations climate science body to conduct such investigations because they have been compromised.

Sanity at last.

They may pull a lot of weight on this- pray so

[CondoleezzaProtege]

WOW, now THIS just affirms the West's hypocrisy even more. Regardless of the country's actual agenda, the fact that a truth and freedom-suppressing country like Saudi Arabia is the only one with the courage to call for scientific transparency speaks volumes!

[Zionist Conspirator]

Woo. The Rooskies and the Saudis aren't "green."

Our own domestic lefties should be ashamed of their "xenophobic hatred" of these quaint peoples!

[Lou Budvis]

Between beheading sex offenders and this, more proof there is good in every culture, including the Saudis.

[El Laton Caliente]

Not really, this would hurt Saudi oil sales. They are doing the right thing for their own, maybe not wrong, reason....

[El Cid]

...Mohammed al-Sabban, believes the climate science has been “shaken” due to thousands of leaked e-mails and documents, according to AFP. Al-Sabban further called for an independent international investigation into the Climategate scandal; however, he doesn’t want the United Nations climate science body to conduct such investigations because they have been compromised...

Yay Mohammad from Saudi Arabia...

As I grind my teeth since he seems to be the only Government official willing to call out these clowns in Copenhagen -- and also noting that any investigation by the IPCC will be a 'tainted'.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Yep, can’t have the IPCC investigate itself. Lets Steve McIntyre do it.

[colorado tanker]

This is probably a money play by the third world countries. They'll say that with the science in doubt they aren't willing to take any CO2 control measures that will cost them money. Translation: we'll be happy to do CO2 control, if the rich countries pay for it.

[El Cid]

Not really, this would hurt Saudi oil sales. They are doing the right thing for their own, maybe not wrong, reason....

True, but its also in the interest of every sovereign nation - particularly heavy Carbon consumers as ourselves - to oppose this fraud. The only people supporting this should be the leaches at the U.N., and other nations that want to bleed the US taxpayers ... (hmmm... guess that explains it right there why the US Government is supporting this nightmare)...

[Buckeye McFrog]

if they are willing to put all of their cash behind exposing this sham I’m all for it

[xcamel]

posted earlier..

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And :

‘E-mail leak will impact UN climate summit’

***************************EXCERPT From ARAB NEWS**************************

Sunday 6 December 2009 (19 Dhul Hijjah 1430)

K.S. Ramkumar | Arab News

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Chief Climate Negotiator Mohammad Al-Sabban has said that an e-mail leak from the Climatic Research Unit in Norwich, UK, will have a “huge impact” on this week’s UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

He made it clear that he expects it to derail the main objective of the summit — to agree limitations in 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.”

The Kingdom has seized on a series of stolen British university e-mails to become the first country to officially cast doubt on the consensus about man-made climate change ahead of the summit.

The e-mails stolen from researchers at the University of East Anglia have been seen by some as undermining the case that human activity is overheating the planet. The e-mails were illegally hacked from a computer system at the university and then stored on a Russian Web server.

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But Al-Sabban has suggested that there was now no longer any point in seeking an agreement to reduce emissions.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #15 & 16.

[ricks_place]

UN Oil for Food and graft! Morphs into a new scam.

[bert]

Prince Bandar for King!!

[Lorianne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jvR05e1KYY&feature=player_embedded#