December 8, 2009

Climate Confab

As the Copenhagen cllimate conference descends into "disarray", several worthwhile new articles on the Climategate disclosures demand attention.

First is Steven Hayward's outstanding piece at The Weekly Standard, "Scientists Behaving Badly". This is an excellent overview of both the story of the CRU documents leak, and of the global warming science behind the alarmism. Don't miss it.

Also in the must-read category is Kevin Williamson's "What to Think About Global Warming", at NRO.

Then there's George Will, who reminds us that "Copenhagen...is prologue for the 2010 climate change summit in Mexico City, which will be planet Earth's last chance, until the next one."

See also "The Fiction of Climate Science", by Gary Sutton at Forbes.com.

Here's some historical perspective on warming from J. Storrs Hall (via IP)

Power Line reports on the findings of H.H. Lamb, a climate science pioneer and the founder of the CRU, who has now been largely disowned by the warming industry for having relied on empirical physical evidence for his conclusions instead of the prevailing computer simulations. (Props to the guys at Power Line, by the way, for their coverage of the climate science scandal from Day One.)

As to the "disarray" at Copenhagen, the Guardian says, "developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN's role in all future climate change negotiations."

Frankly, "array" among attendees at Copenhagen would be much more troubling to me...but aside from that, I suppose that if there must be an agreement on climate policy coming from this confab, one that "sidelines the U.N. role" is probably preferable to one that puts the U.N. in charge. Maybe it's just me.

Related: Wizblog: Cooking the Warming

Posted by dan at December 8, 2009 2:29 PM