Charles Rotter This begins a multipart, systematic refutation of the University of Exeter’s Global Tipping Points Report 2025. The report spans 379 pages, involves 160 researchers across 87 institutions, and explicitly targets policymakers, financial institutions, corporations, and civil society actors. It presents itself as a synthesis of climate science. In substance, it functions as a governance manifesto. It advocates financial reallocation, industrial restructuring, narrative management, le...
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Not a premium subscriber so can’t comment on that. But meanwhile, one climate activist has changed her mind.
Confessions of a Former Climate Activist
Myself, I’m waiting for Guam to capsize. In the meantime, Bill Maher shows his ignorance.
https://x.com/PezeshkiCharles/status/2022705336826892776
and I am waiting for Washington DC to capsize.
Sadly, most of the critters living in the District of Corruption are well adapted for swampy conditions, so few would be adversely affected by capsizing. Of course, the act of capsizing might cause some liquid surges that would wash a bit of effluvium away; but don’t expect much to change until extensive drainage ditches and pumping stations are added to the mix.
If only the current administration was committed to that task, rather than allowing MI6 and Mossad to lead them around by the nose, toward more highly profitable wars!
The thought leaders of Cold War government are mostly retired. Their trainees will be retiring soon. I don’t know whether the next leadership will be better or worse, but they’ll be different. Imagine leaders who have not been told how many nuclear warheads are in the world (They’re still here, just not on the front burner) and not been sold space defense satellite systems (They’re still up there, just not doing anything newsworthy). I’m trying to think up an analogy where geological processes make previous layers of political swamp into hydrocarbons we can burn to keep warm in the winter.
Sadly, Russophobia remains a major player in DC, with cheerleading by the Brits! Putin is a gangster, but he has been trying for decades to get economic agreements with the West. The CIA instigated color revolution in Ukraine was a bridge too far even for him, leading to the SMO that is still ongoing. Sadly, Trump seems to be reneging on his promise to end the conflict in 24 hours! I’ d guess that there are too many snouts still sucking out of that overly large trough for anyone to end the corruption there easily!
Putin is 73 years old now.
“As of 2023–2024, Russia’s life expectancy at birth has recovered to approximately 73.2–73.5 years, rebounding from a significant dip caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Eg Yeltsin: Died at 76
Eg Gorbachev: Died at 91 (Good work Mikhail!)
Eg Khrushchev: Died at 77
Eg Brezhnev: Died at 76
Yeah, Bill really shamed himself with that display of scientific ignorance. Nobody expects comedians to major in chemistry, but I thought most ordinary people knew that there’s a difference between carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Apparently Bill has forgotten that.
Oh, well- he blew that one- but, in recent years he’s become very anti woke. Got give him credit when he does something right too.
Actually, it’s capSIZE. Hehe
” ….. 160 researchers …. ”
Well, I suppose it kept them off the streets ….. .
That’s a lot of taxpayer money being wasted there.
…. They would not make any money on the streets. !!
STORY TIPHeavy snow postpones Winter Olympics snowboard, ski competitions
Snowfall triggered a postponement of activities Tuesday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, including snowboarding and skiing events in Livigno, Italy.
Another generation of Italian Children know what snow is.
Snow during Winter Olympics!
“Charles Rotter… begins a multipart, systematic refutation of … 379 pages … 160 researchers … 87 institutions”
My money’s on Rotter. One clear-thinking human defeats “too many cooks in the kitchen”.
It doesn’t need 100, it only takes 1.
Agree. Looking forward to CR’s next.
How about these “climate tipping points” that have been positively reached/surpassed so far as of 2026:
1) Repeal of the EPA “endangerment finding” that CO2 is a toxic gas (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/02/14/we-told-you-so-epa-was-wrong-about-co2-from-the-start/ ),
2) Admission that the UN/IPCC/AGW-CAGW organizations-declared tipping point of a 1.5 C rise in GLAT since 1850-1900 was in fact exceeded in 2025 without such triggering any noticeable—let alone catastrophic—environmental effects (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/02/12/guardian-claims-were-still-only-approaching-the-climate-point-of-no-return/ ),
3) Recognition that global warming over the last 200 years (of whatever magnitude of temperature increase and however measured) could in fact be nothing more than a NATURALLY OCCURRING Dansgaard-Oeschger event, as have occurred repeatedly in the past (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/02/12/pollen-reconstructions-show-the-last-glacials-warming-events-were-global-10x-greater-than-modern/ ),
4) The University of East Anglia finally admitting there is an Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect that affects measurements used to derive “global temperature” magnitudes and trending (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/02/16/the-university-of-east-anglia-discovers-the-urban-heat-island-effect/ ),
5) Confirmation that decades of satellite data show the globe has been substantially greening – as defined by rising Leaf Area Index (LAI) values – since the 1980s, with such being scientifically established as caused by the “CO2 fertilization effect (CFE)” whereby higher concentrations of atmospheric CO2 enhance plant productivity via improved CO2 availability with attendant increases in light use efficiency and water use efficiency. (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/31/new-study-affirms-rising-co2s-greening-impact-across-india-a-region-with-no-net-warming-in-75-years/ ).
Am sure Charles has done a good refutation post.
I was curious about the origins of the report, so looked it up. Comes from Global-Tipping-Points.org, and was prepared as ‘a call to arms for COP30’—itself a predictable exercise in futility. The first Global Tiiping Points report was prepared in 2023 for COP27–obviously was very ‘effective’/s .Org this year cites 10 tipping points, the top five listed below all many times previously debunked.
And to heap on more well deserved ridicule of this .org, the ‘expert’ noted by the website concerning Canadian permafrost is Dr. Courtney Howard—a Canadian emergency room physician.
I don’t always get climate information from medical doctors, but when I do, I always consult with emergency room physicians. 🙂
The number one deficiency is there is no definition of the optimum climate, stated in metrics that are measurable by anyone.
We do not know if we are approaching the climate optimum or have departed from it.
An analysis of one alternative.
Primary assumption: Mother Nature or Gaia is real, wise, intelligent, and loving.
Of course she occasionally spanks humans, but that is just to get them to pay attention.
Is it not possible that such a kind and loving entity would recognize that the human population growth needed more CO2 to fuel the food pyramid? And if true, then perhaps it is Gaia herself, not humans, that is causing the slow increase in atmospheric CO2.
Try to disprove that conjecture by formulating and conducting null hypotheses.
Cheers.
WUWT is descending into irrelevance.
except that its relevant enough for you to post an inane comment
Once the “climate change” nonsense is nailed into its coffin…
… there is plenty of real science that can be discussed.
Proof? Or are you just expressing your nonsensical opinion?
The climate tipping point I’m waiting for is when the number of false claims becomes so large that alarmists wake up to reality.
Don’t hold your breath. They have a lot of creativity in such matters.
Watching Winter olympics at a friends house, it was hilarious to see the BBC forced to show live tv of a lovely snowstorm during the snowboarding event. You could hardly see the action through the snow.