COMMENT & INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE          

                    
                                                                              by Bob Carter                 
 
   

                                                    ten facts   ten myths refuted    CONTEXT    summary statement     quotationS     No consensus     references                 

                                              John brignell's list of the evils of climate change               WHAT THE N.Z. ROYAL SOCIETY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ  
              

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             INTERVIEWS & LECTURES  
 

    RADIO      
            

   VIDEO  VIDEO LECTURE - Balance and Context in the Global Warming Debate                                      YouTube (Parts 1-4)
              "This is an awesome lecture/video and I recommend everyone watch it!!!"
              Australian Environment Foundation, Melbourne, Sept. 8, 2007          
                  (higher quality version of slide presentation + audio available for download from Jim Karlock, and as a DVD from Bushvision) - review

              VIDEO LECTURE - Testing the Hypothesis of Dangerous Global Warming                                   YouTube (Parts 1-2)
              "I love the voice of reason presented like this"   
                   Climate Conference (Heartland Institute), New York, March 2, 2008  - review                                

VIDEO INTERVIEW - Balancing the Climate Debate (Alan Lee, Nzone Tonight)                                           YouTube
"I do wish this interview was shown on every network in this country (USA), and at every school!"    
Shine TV, Auckland, New Zealand, April 18, 2008 - review

VIDEO LECTURE - The Science and Social Context of Climate Change: A Failure of Duty to Care                     

 "Hot stuff. Excellent video. Absolutely genius presentation from Bob. Good job mate!"                                    YouTube (Parts 1-4)

 Australian Environment Foundation, Canberra, Oct. 11, 2008                                                                                

VIDEO INTERVIEW - Global warming: was it ever a crisis? (The Glenn Beck Show)                                   YouTube
Spotlight on Science, Fox TV News, New York, March 10, 2009                                                                                        

VIDEO LECTURE - The problem is NATURAL climate change, stupid!                                                        Heartland
"Very powerful and informative presentation ..... exceptionally good"                                                        (link near base of page)

Climate Conference (Heartland Institute), New York, March 10, 2009                                            

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ARTICLES & LETTERS 
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See - items 53, 55, 68 and 92 for substantive reviews of the science of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW);
      - items 23, 52, 81 and 95 for analyses of the socio-political pathology of AGW and Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS);
      - items 74, 80, 94 and 99 for succinct summaries of the AGW/ETS scene; and
      - items 50 and 51 for comment on the precautionary principle and the morality of the AGW debate
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120. NZ emission scheme "just tax": initial cost could spiral up from $2,000/family/yr
Adjudicating on carbon dioxide taxation systems ("ETS") should be a matter of careful cost:benefit analysis    
Hawke's Bay Today, Thursday 30th April, Page 2.

119. Correction of "Look carefully at the motives of those sceptical of climate change"
A rebuttal of ignorant criticism of the successful Heartland-2 International Climate Change Conference in New York, March, 2009    
Letters exchange in the Berwick Advertiser, April 16 & 21, 2009 (original letter here)

118. On a tortuous political problem
Politicians are not focused on the science of global warming, but on the political intricacies of wheeling and dealing with Greens over ETS legislation    
Jennifer Marohasy Blog, April 20, 2009

117. IPCC Climate Alarm Advocacy has Failed: What's Plan B?
"More and more, the ETS looks like a costly and ineffective lemon. Rudd's and Turnbull's advisers do not seem to giving them all the facts" (Tom Kevin)   
National Observer 79 (Summer 2008/09, April 1), pp. 23-33

116. Australian Senate Enquiry into the Draft Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill
The issue is whether carbon dioxide emissions are causing dangerous global warming, not "carbon pollution reduction" - whatever that might be  
Submission 126 by Professor Bob Carter, April 1, 2009

115. A New Policy Direction for Climate Change
The hysteria of dangerous global warming has overwhelmed mature consideration of the much greater and proven threat of natural climate change  
Quadrant Magazine Vol. LIII No. 4, April, 2009

114. A sensible Plan B will help us through changes
Geoff Carmody says "We need a new policy base for climate change" - he's right; Plan B is preparation for and adaptation to natural change   
The Australian, Letter, March 18, 2009

    113. The Heartland-2 Climate Conference, New York, March 8-10, 2009

   Disinterested and independent discussions of the science, economics and policy of climate change, presented to 700 participants    

  See: Daily Conference REPORTS - Quadrant Online by Bob Carter; COMMENTARY -
  Miranda Devine (SMH), Melanie Phillips (Spectator); INTERVIEWS - Glenn Beck: radio, TV)

     
   112. The problem is NATURAL climate change, stupid!
    It is time to move away from stale “he-says she-says” arguments about whether human carbon dioxide emissions are causing   
    dangerous warming, and on to designing effective policies of climate adaptation   
  Abstract for Heartland-2 Climate Change Conference, New York, March 10, 2009 
  (Video of talk: near the bottom of page here)

 

    111. Warming to the topic
    Opinion piece and interview with Bob Carter - "I'll be doing science until they nail the lid down"  

    William Verity, Illawarra Mercury, March 7, 2009 (The Weekender, p. 12)    

 

    110. Earth talk set to bring up new ideas
    Science truth does not derive from authority, whether that be of the United Nations or of prestigious scientific academies and societies
  Southern Highland News (Bowral), Letter, Feb. 18, 2009, p. 8   

 

    109. Missing in action - a cost-effective, middle ground climate policy
    Independent scientists have a very different view about climate change to that of the IPCC and various national science academies
  Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), Feb. 18, 2009, p. 17.

 

    108. Science versus propaganda
    Australia needs a climate strategy that prepares for real (natural) climate change, not a wasteful and ineffective ETS
  Quadrant Online, Opinion, Feb. 24, 2009

 

    107. Press coverage of the Australian wildfires with respect to global warming
    Wild claims by environmentalists and some scientists that the wildfires were caused by human-caused global warming are utterly untrue  
  Unpublished letter to The Australian, Feb. 10-11, 2009

 

    106. Cold facts debunk global warming alarmism
    Which climate models should you believe: the GCMs that project warming; or the statistical models that project cooling? 
  The Australian, Opinion, Jan. 20, 2009

 

    105. Australian public opinion swings against carbon dioxide taxation
    A recent ABC poll shows that 64% of respondents, rising as the poll closed, do not favour introduction of ETS legislation 
  Unpublished letter to The Australian, Jan. 15, 2009 (and illustrative graphs)

 

    104. Great Barrier Grief?
    Were Captain Cook to sail along the GBR today equipped with modern measuring instruments, he would detect no change from 1770     
  The Brisbane Courier Mail, Michael Madigan in Focus, p. 66, Dec. 20, 2008

 

    103. ETS a big pain for little gain
    Deep and costly emission cuts will yield, at best, a reduction of future temperature of less than one-thousandth of a degree 
  The Australian, Opinion, Dec. 19, 2008

 

    102. Greenies go ga-ga over emissions
    The planned CO₂ taxation bill will be the worst single piece of legislation ever tabled in Parliament since Federation   
  The Sydney Morning Herald, Opinion (Miranda Devine), Dec. 18, 2008

 

    101. Time to take a cool-headed climate stand
    The IPCC model of dangerous, human-caused global warming has failed: a new middleground climate policy is needed  
  The Dominion Post, Wellington, p. B5, Dec. 8, 2008 (original, unabridged version)

  100. Deep-seated ambiguity
    For clarity of public discussion, it is vital to distinguish between natural and human-caused change  
  The Australian, Letters, Dec. 3, 2008 (and blog comment)

  99. Climate and its discontents - Intro. 1 - Dangerous human-caused global warming
    Abstract for The Richard James Chester Guest Spring Conversazione, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne  
  The Boston, Melbourne, Oxford, Vancouver Conversazione on Culture & Society, Nov. 27-28, 2008

98. Draft National Framework on Climate Change Science
Draft policy paper issued by the Department of Climate change  
RMC submission, Nov. 23, 2008

97. Running hot and cold
Opinion piece and interview with Bob Carter - "Science should be about the observation of facts, experiments and analysis of both"  
Mary Vernon, Townsville Bulletin Nov. 19, 2008 (TownsvilleEye 80, p.9)

96. Truly inconvenient truths about climate change being ignored
IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri is spreading misleading information about global warming, writes Michael Duffy in the SMH,  
prompting US climate modeller Gavin Schmidt to write this critique    
Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 8, 2008 (article) - Published and Unpublished letters

95. The futile quest for climate control
The three realities of climate change and their implications: science reality, virtual reality and public reality  
Quadrant No. 451 (vol. LII, Number 11, p. 10-18), Nov. 2008

94. Australian climate change policy: a failure of duty to care
The Australian government does not currently possess a national climate policy; instead, it has a global  
warming policy that is based upon sub-prime science, sub-prime economics and sub-prime politics.
Australian Environment Foundation, Canberra, Oct. 11. 2008

93. Limits of computer models
Unvalidated computer projections produced by very clever programmers are now about the only argument  
left to the IPCC that dangerous human-caused global warming is going to occur.   
The Australian, Letters, September 24, 2008 (and blog comment)

92. Knock, knock: where is the evidence for dangerous human-
caused global warming?
To focus on the chimera of human-caused greenhouse warming while ignoring the real threats   
posed by the natural variability of the climate system itself is self-delusion on a grand scale. 
Economic Analysis and Policy 32(2), 107-202 (September, 2008)

91. Rudd government bereft of a real climate policy
An emissions trading scheme will make no measurable change to future climate, and is therefore futile.   
Brisbane Courier Mail, September 11, 2008 - Opinion

90. Carbon emissions trading is not only futile, but immoral
Attempting to "stop" climate change in the present state of our knowledge and technology   
is an arcadian fantasy. 
The Eagle (St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane), vol. 4 (3), p. 9.

89. Evidence to NZ Environment Court re Hayes Windfarm proposal
Does dangerous, human-caused climatic warming exist, and should it be used as an argument in favour 
of constructing a large, environmentally destructive windfarm?
Otago Daily Times, July 29, 2008 (press article)

88. Wong's climate paper clouded with mistakes
The Government’s advisory channels on climate are clogged with rent seekers, special pleaders
and green activists who have misadvised the minister
Melbourne Age, Business Section, July 28, 2008

87. Environmental epidemic
Rudd government seeks to inflict swingeing socioeconomic damage in pursuit of the unnecessary  
and unattainable chimera of "stopping global warming
The Wall Street Journal (Asia), Letters, July 23, 2008

86. Letter to the Australian
Australia squanders coal while the Gulf states conserve their oil and gas  
The Australian, Letters, July 23, 2008

85. The Great Carbon Debate - Garnaut Report is naive
The Garnaut Report is marked by ambiguity of language and naivety of science 
Melbourne Age, Business Section, July 16, 2008

84. NZ Climate Science Coalition challenges Royal Society climate statement
The Royal Society of NZ's statement on climate change parrots IPCC views and is severely out of touch and out of date   
NZ Climate Science Coalition, July 14, 2008

83. Labor is committed to an Emissions Trading Scheme
A time of planetary cooling is a strange moment at which to be constructing an ETS that  aims to prevent warming  
The Australian, Letters, June 28, 2008

82. Response to remarks by Professor Martin Manning on politics v. science
NZ ETS policy desperately needs an input of accurate and intelligent commentary on the global warming issue  
NZCPR (Muriel Newman) blog, June 6, 2008

81. The 2006 Climate Change and Governance conference, Wellington, NZ:
Hansensism in the cause of "command and control" climate policies
The conference epitomized the unacceptable price of allowing science to be politicized, and the host organisations
therefore failed in their duty of public care.
NZCPR Research Paper, June 7, 2008

80. New Zealand parliamentary committee on emissions trading
Why carbon dioxide emissions trading is not only futile but immoral: evidence given to the committee in May  
The Indepent Financial Review, June 5, 2008

79. The global warming tutorial media should be required to take
Five tests for dangerous human-caused global warming  
NewsBusters, May 14, 2008

78. Letter to The Melbourne Age: is climate policy now being set by children?
Treasurer Wayne Swan use's his children's advice in setting national policy on global warming  
Unpublished letter to The Age, Melbourne, May 10, 2008

77. Global warming hysteria: how the pendulum has swung - by Terry Dunleavy
Trickles and fissures of independent comment are penetrating the hitherto monolithic dam of climate alarmism     
Scoop, Independent News, May 8, 2008 (re-posted at Online Opinion, with discussion)  

76. Climate indulgences: trillions in pain for unmeasurable gain
The emissions trading scheme proposed for New Zealand is unnecessary, and will be ineffectual and inevitably corrupt  
New Zealand National Business Review, April 26, 2008 (edited version, as published)

75. Letter to the New Zealand Listener
Comment on two parallel opinion pieces that were published to exemplify the rationalist and alarmist views of AGW    
Unpublished letter to The Listener, April 15, 2008

74. Tests of dangerous human-caused global warming
The hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming fails five separate empirical or experimental tests   
Abstract for NZ lecture tour, April 7-18, 2008

73. Review of "An Inconvenient Book" by Glenn Beck & Kevin Balfe
The author’s trademark whimsy is on delicious display, and no cow is too sacred to escape an ironical pasting from Mr. Beck   
Science & Public Policy Institute (Washington), April 3, 2008

72. Climate guru Blair won't save us
What's so special about global warming, Mr Blair?  
Brisbane Courier Mail, March 31, 2008 - Perspectives

71. The IPCC: on the run at last
UN climate body in panic mode as satellite temperatures turn down and a hard winter lashes both hemispheres   
Canada Free Post, March 25, 2008 (re-posted at Muriel Newman, NZ Centre for Political Research,
with editorial; and at Online Opinion, with discussion)

70. Climate change: NZ needs to know this
Rebuttal of claims that the New York Heartland conference was attended by persons who "haven't published a peer-reviewed         
climate science paper in years", are "mouthpieces of the free-market agenda" and are "not credible climatologists".  
The Wellington Dominion Post, March 20, 2008 - Letter

69. On the contrary, Mr Blair, climate science is not settled
Ex-British PM makes the ridiculous claim that "there are few, if any, (global warming) doubters left"    
The Australian, March 18, 2008 - Letter (plus later letters and blog discussion)

68. Summary for Policymakers of the Nongovernmental International Panel
on Climate Change - S. Fred singer et al.
An independent examination of the evidence available on the causes and consequences of climate change    
Publisher: NIPCC/The Heartland Institute, 2008

67. Testing the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming
The "greenhouse hypothesis" is subjected to six searching tests, and fails all of them    
Abstract, Heartland Institute Climate Change Conference, New York, March 3, 2008
(Also: video/audio of all speakers; RMC lecture slides; audio)

66. U.N. climate conference (Bali) is taking the world in entirely the wrong direction
A letter of admonition to His Excellency Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the U.N., signed by 103 leading professional  persons       
Canada National Post, Dec. 12, 2007 (plus Editorial)

65. Global warming tutorial media should be required to watch
More thoroughly and concisely explains the science refuting the current (climate) alarmism than anything to date  
NewBusters, November 4, 2007

64. The phobia of dangerous human-caused global warming
Fear of radiation and the nuclear industry is a similar phobia to the fear of global warming
Bulletin of the International Atomic Energy Authority, Vienna, 2007: invited but unpublished

63. Climate change moral failings are cowardice, ignorance: not inaction - Bob Carter & Tom Harris  
Self-interested special interest groups now dominate the climate change debate, to its scientific detriment  
Canada Free Press, August 17, 2007

62. Climate change: other side of the coin - by Caroline Kearney   
"The reality is that almost every aspect of climate change is the subject of vigorous debate"
URBAN (sustainable solutions for a developing Australia), July qtr., 2007, p. 38-39

61. What global warming, Australian sceptic asks - by Lawrence Solomon   
Profile of a climate rationalist  
Financial Post (Canada), July 17, 2007

60. It's good sense to avoid consensus on global warming
Hysterical reaction to Durkin's "Great Global Warming Swindle" shows the sensitivity of IPCC climate alarmists  
The Australian, July 10, 2007 (Reprinted in Online Opinion, with Discussion)

59. Forecasts all up in the air
IPCC scientists admit that climate GCM modelling cannot predict future climate  
Courier Mail, Brisbane, June 30, 2007

58. High price for a load of hot air
Wrong science leads to pointless economics  
Courier Mail, Brisbane, June 18, 2007 (plus Letters For and Against; Forum discussion)

57. Climate change: climate science and the Stern Review - by Carter, R.M. et al.
World Economics, p. 161-182, April-June, 2007

56. Climate change: response to Simmonds and Steffen - by Holland, D. et al.
World Economics, p. 143-151, April-June, 2007

55. The myth of dangerous human-caused climate change                                               
Brief analysis of greenhouse theory, and a critique of the climate alarmism of the IPCC  
Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, "New Leaders" conference,                               
Brisbane, May 2-3, 2007, Proceedings p. 61-74. (Full text here)

54. A dangerous climate
IPCC's 4th SPM contains three main arguments for dangerous human-caused climate change; none are compelling  
U.K. Sunday Telegraph, April 7, 2007.

53. The Stern Review: a dual critique. Part I: The Science. Part II: The Economics.
Comprehensive critical analysis of the Stern Review of the economic aspects of climate change  
World Economics 7(4), pp. 165-230, Oct.-Dec.,2006. (Full text here)

52. U.S. Senate hearing into media influence on the climate debate
The last hearing of the Environment & Public Works Committee that will be chaired by Republican Senator Inhofe
Dec. 6, 2006 (i) RMC submission; (ii) additional tabled document.

51. When science fails, just use the precautionary principle
How an ethical principle is able to masquerade as science  
The Institute of Public Affairs Review, Dec. 2006

50. The morality of climate change
Climate change is indeed a moral issue, but not quite in the way that most people expect  
Living Ethics, Newsletter of St James Ethics Centre, Dec. 2006

49. For a balanced view on climate change - call the Tyndall Centre?
Letter rejected by The Independent, The Guardian, The Times, The Australian and The Wall Street Journal
CCNet Newsletter 160/06 (Ed. Penny Beiser), Nov. 22, 2006

48. Climate change knows three realities
Reality is, if a government says that the earth is flat, then flat it is until the next election
Australian Financial Review, Letters, Nov. 8, 2006

47. Scientists still divided on climate change
Scientists who doubt the evidence on global warming are feeling the political heat
Paul Malley in the Canberra Times - Nov. 4, 2006

46. The Stern review: last hurrah of the warmaholics
The science on which the Stern review is based is irredeemably flawed
The Australian - Nov. 3, 2006

45. Al Gore’s movie meets its match in Stockholm
KTH meeting shows that dangerous global warming remains unproven
Online Opinion - Oct. 13, 2006 (plus Forum discussion)

44. McCarthyism, press bias, policy-advice corruption, and propaganda everywhere
U.S. National Association of Manufacturers, Shopfloor.org, October 9, 2006

43. 'An Inconvenient Truth': climate change is indeed a moral issue
Online Opinion, Sept. 20, 2006 (plus Forum discussion)

42. Deep Time to Our Time: the Scale Factor in Climate Change
Paper read at KTH Global Warming Seminar, Stockholm, Sept. 11-12, 2006

41. Cutting through the propaganda on global warming: the educator's responsibility?
International Zoo Educators Journal, August 2006, pp. 20-24 (see also Scoop press report)

40. Is Al Gore right on global warming?
The Boulder Camera, Colorado, USA, Letters, June 22-30, 2006

39. Scientists respond to Gore's warnings of climate catastrophe
Tom Harris, in Canada Free Press, June 12, 2006

38. Cargo Cults in the Cook Islands
ABC, Counterpoint with Michael Duffy, June 12, 2006

37. Greenpeace throws stones in the greenhouse
Scoop (NZ), May 4, 2006

36. The Isle of Lewis windfarm, Scotland
The Glasgow Herald, Letters, May 1, 2006

35. Letter-of-41 re Lord Rees' views on Global Warming
Sunday Telegraph (U.K.), April 23, 2006
Follow-up Letter and response - Adam Smith Institute comment

34. Volcanoes and climate - critique of an editorial
New Zealand Listener, Letter to the Editor, April 15-21, 2006 (see 4th letter)
Follow-up Letter and response

33. There IS a problem with global warming - it stopped in 1998
Sunday Telegraph (U.K.), April 9, 2006
Editorial comment - Daily Mail - Washington Post - Washington Post 2 - WorldNet Daily   Follow-up Letters

32. Open Kyoto to Debate
Financial Post (Canada), April 6, open Letter-of-60 to P.M. Stephen Harper
Editorial comment - Financial Post

31. There's nothing unusual about the way the planet is warming
The Independent (U.K.), April 1, 2006

30. Keep a Weather Eye Open
Brisbane Courier Mail, November 16, 2005
Letters

29. Some things too crucial to be left to the U.N.
Canberra Times, November 15, 2005
Letters

28. All the Signs of Full-blown Mother Earthism, and discussion
Sydney Morning Herald, September 24 to early October, 2005

27. Cult of Global Warming Hit
Opinion by Phil Beck, and letters
Sunday Tasmanian (Hobart), Sept. 11, 2005

26. Bob Carter in Conversation, Robyn Williams
ABC Radio National, Sept. 1, 2005

25. Game, Set and Match
Opinion, Tech Central Station, Aug. 8, 2005

24. Cool Rationality Shatters Greenhouse Hype at Last
Opinion, Australian Financial Review, July 14, 2005

23. Global Warming Hysteria, and the Deadly Disease of Hansenism
Melbourne Rotary Club, Address, June 16, 2005.

22. Global Warming? When you Hear the word Consensus, reach for your Gun
Victorian Farmers Federation, Address, Regional Forum, Morwell, June 9, 2005.

21. Science as Dogma
Letters, The Age (Melbourne), May 5, 2005.

20. Climate Change Response
Counterpoint interview, ABC Radio National (Host Michael Duffy), April 11, 2005.

19. Climate Change is Coming, Ready or Not
Opinion by Pete Hodgson, Minister for the Environment; and letters
New Zealand Herald (Auckland), Feb. 7 to March 5, 2005.

18. Global Warming
Letters, The Diplomat 3(6), February-March, 2005, p. 4.

17. Siren Call
Letters, The Australian, January 4, 2005.

16. Climate Change - Reality or Myth?
Letters, Gardening Australia, January 2005, p.10, and comments.

15. Eureka Forum, Address
Ballarat, December 3, 200

14. Who Can Insure Against the Climate?
Essay, Institute of Public Affairs (Melbourne), Review, September, 2004, p. 27-28.

13. Degrees of Difference on Global Warming
Letters, The Age (Melbourne), September 30, 2004.

12. More Science, Less Hot Air
Letters, Australian Financial Review (Sydney), July 13, 2004.

11. Cool Response to a Hot Topic
Op Ed by Ian Frazer, Townsville Bulletin (Supplement, p.3) Saturday July 10, 2004.

10. Weathering the Scaremonger's Storms (energy policy)
Op Ed, The Australian, June 17, 2004.

9. Climate of Opinion
Op Ed by Deborah Smith, Sydney Morning Herald (News Review, p. 29), June 12, 2004.

8. Glacial Mud Reveals Earth's History
ABC News in Science, Science Online, June 11, 2004.

7. Clearing the Air
Op Ed, Tech Central Station (Washington), May 5, 2004.
 
6. Climate Change: a Longer View
Op Ed, Tech Central Station (Washington), May 3, 2004.

5. Science is not Consensus
Essay, Institute of Public Affairs (Melbourne), Review 55 (4), December 2003, p. 11-13.

4. Global Warming may Turn Out to be Just Hot Air
Op Ed, Australian Financial Review (Sydney), November 3, 2003.
Science Show, ABC National Radio, November 15, 2003.

3. Climate Change: What Every Citizen Should Know
Weekend Essay, Australian Financial Review (Sydney), September 27, 2003.

2. Climate Debate in the Stone Age
Letters, The Australian, September 19, 2003.

1. Nature not nurture will determine future of the reef
Op Ed, Courier Mail (Brisbane), October 23, 2002.
 

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