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The Dutch Will Get Wet
Posted on March 10th, 2010 No commentsWhen are the Media going to get their own School of the Environment, where all the journalists can come and learn the Science of Climate Change ?
The Times of London continues to mangle the facts, it seems to me; this time from the pen/fingers of Ben Webster, perhaps a Mini-Me version of that accreditable journalist Jonathan Leake :-
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7056173.ece
“[The IPCC]…also claimed that global warming could cut rain-fed North African crop production by up to 50 per cent by 2020. A senior IPCC contributor has since admitted that there is no evidence to support this claim…”
I don’t think that quite pins it down accurately.
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Copenhagen Discord (3)
Posted on March 1st, 2010 1 commentYes, according to the major Aid and Development Agencies in the UK, Climate Change is a problem for poor people in countries all over the undeveloped World.
“So”, I asked, “are you going to include the facts of Climate Change happening in Europe in your presentations, so that people can connect with this ?”
It’s really hard to empathise with the plight of some person you can’t even communicate with on the other side of the Earth who is losing their crops to both drought and extreme flooding all in the same year.
Your sense of philanthropy might rise up and motivate you, but you still do not grasp the reality of Climate Change.
You need some way of buying into the message.
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Leave Africa Alone
Posted on February 8th, 2010 5 commentsToday’s news is that the pastoral life in Africa is sustainable, even with a certain amount of Climate Change :-


