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James Sexton says:
Anyone still under the misconception that the U.N. is about world peace? It is well past time for the nations of the world to withdraw from such an enterprise. What is interesting, though, is that this economist is correct in many assertions he made.
That is so easy to say. But particularly the industrialized countries have a system that relies almost exclusively on fossil fuels. There is no historical precedent and no region in the world that has decoupled its economic growth from emissions. Thus, you cannot expect that India or China will regard CO2 emissions reduction as a great idea. And it gets worse: We are in the midst of a renaissance of coal, because oil and gas (sic) have become more expensive, but coal has not.
But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy.
But the most important quote, Ottmar Edenhofer: So far economic growth has gone hand in hand with the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. One percent growth means one percent more emissions. The historic memory of mankind remembers: In order to get rich one has to burn coal, oil or gas. This remains true today and will tomorrow.
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Andrew30 says:
I expect that he is just cashing out. He has just written a new book and he is on a book tour. Controversy will help increase media attention (though in this case the MSM may completely censor this interview), which will increase sales. The book is not about the environment; it is about making him some money and perhaps line up a new job after Cancun.