Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Aussie academic David Holmes, of the University of Melbourne, suggests that Politicians are using the Paris Agreement to defuse climate concerns, by claiming Paris “solved” the climate crisis – and he’s not happy about it.
Why has climate change disappeared from the Australian election radar?
Two weeks into a protracted election campaign, it is looking ever-more likely that climate change is to be placed way down the order of business – at least for the major parties.
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Apparently, climate is less important than jobs and growth – or, in Labor’s case, health and schools.
A big part of this change in political climates is undoubtedly the Paris summit itself. The political triumphalism of the summit belies the scientific pessimism of so many climate scientists and activists.
Kevin Anderson from Manchester University’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research even declared the summit to be “worse that Copenhagen”, in that it is based on out-of-date science, does not include aviation and shipping, and includes negative emissions in its scenarios for achieving abatement.
On the other hand, after the collapse of talks at Copenhagen, some activists see no choice but to climb aboard with the Paris agreement, insofar as it at least signifies a mainstream seachange in action – even if the actual measures are inadequate. The INDCs that came out of the conference still put the world on a path to 3.5℃.
Yet so many politicians from around the globe have sought to convince their constituents that the climate problem is all but solved. The Coalition is banking on such a sell to the Australian electorate as it gambles with a climate attention minimisation strategy.
Former NASA GIS Chairman James Hansen claimed last year that the Paris climate talks were a fraud. Who knows, perhaps that was the intention all along.
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Cayman, Islands
Green = gullible!
They go along to these cops, and each and every time they get empty promises, then come home to tell all their fellow greens how much they achieved.
But I suppose it keeps them from doing real damage!
“Former NASA GIS Chairman James Hansen claimed last year that the Paris climate talks were a fraud. Who knows, perhaps that was the intention all along”
Boy, that would be a classic case of the kettle calling the saucepan black.
Hoist with their own petard perhaps
Hmm. ..see the latest thread on Jo Nova re. an ETS.
I see Michael of Oz refers to this above with a link.
The only thing the Paris “Agreement” accomplished was that Western economies “agreed” to commit economic suicide and formally allowed China, India and other “developing” countries to emit as much CO2 as they like until 2030 and allowed Western corporation to move their “evil” factories to China…
Even if Western countries do not abide by their self-imposed CO2 emission targets, there are NO penalties for noncompliance…. Well… I guess the UN can send a nasty letter of reprimand to the offending nation, which will be summarily burned by the offending nation and add to their CO2 footprint…
Is so hilarious watching Leftist irony in action.
I would love to antagonize Malcolm Turncoat on the climate issue at the candidates forum in his electorate. He has gone against the wishes of the Australian People, hence the term “traitor” I believe is appropriate to describe him.
It would be good to make him squirm. Only one of the candidates in Wentworth (at this stage anyway) knows that climate change is a load of rubbish. To his credit, last election, the CDP candidate said straight out that global warming/ climate change was a load of garbage. When Lord Monckton’s name came up, there was some applause from the audience, who were there supporting the Palmer candidate, who (was RIP) also an upfront climate skeptic.
The lefties in the audience sneered at the name Lord Monckton. If these same lefties are there this time, using their “I’m a scientist ” line, I will be ready for them with “pseudoscientist?-a real scientist would know that science can never be settled.”
Other things planned for the forum, but these are subject to approval from others-watch this space. Cross fingers that the plans can be pulled off to humiliate most of the other candidates, not that the seat is winnable. It would be just about the most unwinnable seat in the entire country, but controversy would be priceless publicity.
“Kevin Anderson from Manchester University’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research even declared the summit to be “worse that Copenhagen”, in that it is based on out-of-date science, does not include aviation and shipping”
Worse, it doesn’t include cows. Cow fart can more than offset all the promised CO2 emission reduction of the Paris club. It doesn’t consider the starvation it will inflict on the poorest people in the world. It is fitting the sham agreement was signed in Paris, the hometown of Marie Antoinette. When told the poor people of Pairs had no bread to eat, the flamboyant queen replied, let them eat cake.
This thread reflects the reality of a world literally blind to the temperatures being discussed as well as the former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper’s administration not doing their job. While weather stations are important, they don’t reflect the reality of what our development on the planet has done.
Canada should have taken science advances to the UN Meeting in Paris but PM Harper didn’t share the information with Prime Minister Trudeau. Sources of man made atmospheric warming can be seen now as can the massive energy waste responding to the symptoms.
It is important for readers to know that in Canada as one example, it is Environment Canada’s Meteorological Services that provide regional climatic data in Building Code. Buildings have very specific regional temperature extremes seasonally and we design, construct, insulate as well as design energy systems to accommodate those extremes. Then we are referred to the Appendix which warns of solar radiation(EMFs) being more significant than design temperatures. That is because solar interaction with absorbent exterior finishes of buildings can cause buildings to generate heat that can grossly exceed the climatic data in Building Codes. That makes buildings urban heat generators before they are urban heat islands.
I led our team in using non invasive radiology to image buildings in 7 Canadian Provinces and 26 states in the U.S. specific to solar radiation interaction which produced the same shocking results. Solar interaction with buildings right after sunrise increased skin temperature of the building every 60 seconds. As building engineering professionals it was alarming to see dark absorbent exterior finishes generate heat close to boiling temperature. That generated heat transfers inside the building and radiates atmospherically warming the atmosphere. Imaging buildings on the inside contradicted our education in the calculator by showing the heat transfer inside the building through the wood framing or weak insulation areas. Following that air conditioning was used responding to the symptoms when A/C is in fact refrigeration requiring a big electrical load.
As a Registered Intervener in a wireless smart meter application by FortisBC to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, here is my submission supporting the suspension of FortisBC’s wireless smart meters. The submission includes heat loss and energy waste in the winter with the applicable code rule as well as entire developments grossly exceeding climatic data in building code. The code rule in Canada is 1.1.3.(Climatic and Seismic Data) unless amended by municipalities. http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2012/DOC_32604_C19-6_WKCC-Submission-RDCK-Nelson-Creston_Suspension.pdf
There are reasons they white wash buildings and it was reported to our authorities(government) how the buildings could be brought back into code compliance creating millions of tax paying jobs globally. That would immediately knock billions of watts per hour off electrical grids including, stop heating the atmosphere and eliminate the Chlorofluorocarbons associated with A/C.
FortisBC experts admitted in direct cross examination by me their wireless smart meter program would cover 17,000 sq. kms with highly penetrating RF EMFs. Those high speed oscillations billions of times per second by themselves will cause excitation of atmospheric generating heat that will contribute to real climate change. This one example of what was kept from UN members in Paris and it is important to clarify for the reader here the accuracy of this level of infrared was verified imaging groundwater from the air. We within 1/10 of a degree C imaging stream temperature from a moving helicopter.
Global warming causing climate change is real but not the “theory” used by Al Gore.
There is nothing to do with climate!
There is a conspiracy of silence because traitor Turnbull and his co-conspirator Hunt, have secretly (with Labor connivance) activated the ETS provision which Clive Palmer (with Al Gore standing next to him) insisted be included in the legislation to repeal of Julia Gillard’s carbon tax (the one she said she would never impose).
An ETS is being imposed on us without anyone being the wiser on 1st July, 2016, the day before the federal elections. Read all about it at Jo Nova’s –
http://joannenova.com.au/2016/05/secret-deal-australia-already-has-an-ets-carbon-tax-starts-in-5-weeks/
Australia is being run by a government of lying traitors.
Live by the politico, die by the politico.
“Did the Paris Agreement Effectively Dismantle the Climate Movement?”
No.
This thread reflects the reality of a world literally blind to the temperatures being discussed as well as the former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper’s administration not doing their job. While weather station data is important, they don’t reflect the reality of what our development on the planet has done.
Canada should have taken science advances to the UN Meeting in Paris but PM Harper didn’t share the information with Prime Minister Trudeau. Sources of man made atmospheric warming can be seen now as can the massive energy waste responding to the symptoms.
It is important for readers to know that in Canada as one example, it is Environment Canada’s Meteorological Services that provide regional climatic data in Building Code. Buildings have very specific regional temperature extremes seasonally and we design, construct, insulate as well as design energy systems to accommodate those extremes. Then we are referred to the Appendix which warns of solar radiation(EMFs) being more significant than design temperatures. That is because solar interaction with absorbent exterior finishes of buildings can cause buildings to generate heat that can grossly exceed the climatic data in Building Codes. That makes buildings urban heat generators before they are urban heat islands.
I led our team in using non invasive radiology to image buildings in 7 Canadian Provinces and 26 states in the U.S. specific to solar radiation interaction which produced the same shocking results. Solar interaction with buildings right after sunrise increased skin temperature of the building every 60 seconds. As building engineering professionals it was alarming to see dark absorbent exterior finishes generate heat close to boiling temperature. That generated heat transfers inside the building and radiates atmospherically warming the atmosphere. Imaging buildings on the inside contradicted our education in the calculator by showing the heat transfer inside the building through the wood framing or weak insulation areas. Following that air conditioning was used responding to the symptoms when A/C is in fact refrigeration requiring a big electrical load.
As a Registered Intervener in a wireless smart meter application by FortisBC to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, here is my submission supporting the suspension of FortisBC’s wireless smart meters. The submission includes heat loss and energy waste in the winter with the applicable code rule as well as entire developments grossly exceeding climatic data in building code. The code rule in Canada is 1.1.3.(Climatic and Seismic Data) unless amended by municipalities. http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2012/DOC_32604_C19-6_WKCC-Submission-RDCK-Nelson-Creston_Suspension.pdf