‘A combination of a strong El Nino and human-induced global warming made the five-year period from 2011 to 2015 the warmest on record, researchers say.’
Hmmm….yes but isn’t the global warming still on pause? 2010 was another warming El Nino…so why cherry pick from 2011 and not mention that? The global temperature has stayed pretty much the same in the period quoted, and longer, it may be hot but no hotter than ‘normal’ so the BBC’s claim that it is the hottest for 5 year period in history is disengenuous to say the least, intended to create a false impression of a planet on fire. The BBC and its co-conspirators always try to tell us that the period from 1998 is too short to be significant and yet they now claim a 5 year period is significant to their narrative of a warming globe.
The BBC’s top headline tonight….
Global rallies demand climate action
Kind of gives the impression that there is a world wide movement to tackle the climate…which is curious as only two days ago the BBC told us this (a now hard to find report, gone fom its pages)…
Public support for tough climate deal ‘declines’
Sky gives us a different angle that the BBC doesn’t…about the Public’s growing scepticism about not only climate deals but the causes of climate change…
Poll: Growing Doubts Over Climate Change Causes
The finding comes on the eve of the UN summit in Paris that is expected to result in big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Why would the BBC not like to reveal that?
The Express isn’t hiding the uncomfortable truthes…
Global warming FARCE: Overwhelming majority of Britons think climate change is FAKE
The BBC though is still twisting the story telling us…
‘Canada, France, Spain and the UK are the only four with majorities in favour of their governments taking a leading role.’
Once again a misleading slant on the story as in all those countries save Spain support is waning…
And do I believe that there is majority support for heavy-handed government action to tackle climate change in the UK? No. How many people really believe the major cause of climate change is man-made? How many would attribute any man-made climate change to CO2 if they knew the facts? Not many. And yet the BBC et al present CO2 as the major factor in climate change and the one that must be tackled before any other….a convenient approach that fits neatly with the Left’s ambitions to undermine Western economic and industrial power.
Here’s a more reasoned and considered comment on the climate, from WUWT not the BBC…Climate and Human Civilization over the last 18,000 years.
And another thing….from the BBC…
Prince Charles links climate change to Syria conflict
Been there, done that…from WUWT…
The ultimate ‘Godwin effect’ – Science In 1941: ‘Global Warming Caused Hitler’
Increasing warmer temperatures throughout the world may produce a trend toward dictatorial governments in the opinion of Dr Clarence A Mills, professor of experimental medicine at the University of Cincinnati. In fact, Dr Mills believes that the rise to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy may be due in part to the gradual warming temperature of the world. —The Mason City Globe-Gazette, 27 March 1941
I wonder what Dr. Mills had to say as Hitler’s troops were defeated by the Russian winter?
COP21: Police and protesters clash at Paris climate rally seems to have disappeared into the ether after less than a day. Global rallies demand climate action seems to have replaced it.
The preferred version still shows a video of the violence but without a soundtrack that it had nothing to do with climate change but was in protest to the French decision to ban rallies due to the recent terrorist attacks. You have to read further down for that.
It goes into the long list of relevant news that isn’t actually erased by the BBC but unlinked. The only way to find it is to know in advance that it is there.
I’m in Italy listening to BBC World news…… And the lead story , again and again, is this climate change shite. Thank god that I have left the UK and am no longer taxed for this rubbish.
The BBC really are lying again:
https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/bbc-links-arctic-sea-ice-loss-to-sea-level-rise/#comments
The world of science has gone nuts. Whistleblowers have said that “The Pause never actually happened study” was rushed out for the Paris conference. I am told that there has been lots and lots of amendments of assumed mistakes. All the assumed errors in data before 1997 showed to much warming and all the assumed errors after 1997 showed not enough warming. It looks more serious than the Hockey stick fraud, because it involves much more people. Its another case of what Astronomers call circular assumptions, that is if you assume that CO2 causes Climate Change, then the observations must be in error.
As Physicist Dr. Fred Singer says ‘Don’t believe it. The Pause is real and in all other data sets.’
The US Congress has issued a subpoena for internal communications and emails, but those concerned have refused the request from Congress. The last I heard was that the US Congress was considering the use of a compulsory process.
Whistleblowers have told Congress, that Thomas Karl, Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, which led the study, made sure the “Pause buster study” avoided reviews of the underlying science and new methodologies used in the study.
Astronomers predict that the pause will end in 2018, which almost coincides with a Hale Magnetic Cycle. The next Hale Magnetic Cycle will be a mini-Ice Age type cooling. We can already see this in the latest Bond Albedo results of 0.33. The pause or Hiatus is or was a peak.
The most worrying aspect of this whole climate change debate, (even though according to Al Gore there is no debate), is the serious, long-term damage it is doing to the credibility of the scientific method. When the earth continues to fail to heat up dangerously, and eventually the world accepts the truth of that, what backlash will there be against the scientific community?
How can science recover from a scandal the size of the climate change scare? The reputation of every scientific institute, every University and all international scientific bodies which have promoted this false scare will be destroyed, and so they should be. BUT what of the scientific method itself, which these corrupt organisations have betrayed?
How can the reputation of science itself recover when it has been so badly abused by scientific institutions all over the world, and from them onwards, by the media and politicians and bureaucrats worldwide?
I’ll say it again. Real scientists with credibility need to step out of the shadows now before serious damage is really done. Richard your insight is great here, but this is a tiny blog that has no real particular influence.
When the lights go out it will be too late. Your closeted institutions will not be protected from the harbinger when he comes visiting. The good and the bad will be thrown to the wolves altogether as Geyza says
As you point out Richard-‘Its another case of what Astronomers call circular assumptions, that is if you assume that CO2 causes Climate Change, then the observations must be in error.’ Accoding to Dr Patrick Moore who seems to agree when addressing the Global Warming Policy Foundation, ‘The contention that human emissions are now the dominant influence on climate is simply a hypothesis, rather than a universally accepted scientific theory. It is therefore correct, indeed verging on compulsory in the scientific tradition, to be sceptical of those who express certainty that “the science is settled” and “the debate is over.
But there is certainty beyond any doubt that CO2 is the building block for all life on Earth and that without its presence in the global atmosphere at a sufficient concentration this would be a dead planet. Yet today our children and our publics are taught that CO2 is a toxic pollutant that will destroy life and bring civilization to its knees. I hope to turn this dangerous human-caused propaganda on its head. I will demonstrate that human emissions of CO2 have already saved life on our planet from a very untimely end. That in the absence of our emitting some of the carbon back into the atmosphere from whence it came in the first place, most or perhaps all life on Earth would begin to die in less than two million years from today.’ A long way off maybe but as usual duplicity from every quartre who have financial interests infuses dramatic confusion & misunderstanding to their own ends.
The warmest ever temperatures are not the temperatures as actually measured by the army of volunteers who go out in all weathers to record the weather at their local weather stations. Those temperatures are recorded and then repeatedly adjusted by GHCN, NASA Giss, NOAA and NCDC. Then, to make matters worse, 40% of the weather stations which are recorded, do not even exist anymore, and so their data is invented out of thin air, based upon the assumption of accelerated warming.
The ONLY accurate, calibrated and unadjusted record we have is from satellite observations, and these do not show any warming for almost 20 years.
According to the Guinness Book of Records: The warmest ever temperature in Britain is getting lower over time. There are records that have remained the same since the 1960’s. But the hottest temperature in Britain must be the only record that is getting lower over time. Expect old editions of the Guinness Book of Records to become illegal, confiscated by a future left-wing Government, and ritually burnt on government bonfires.
8.10am Today programme – climate change gets the peak slot, but of course there is no agenda ! David Shukman the “Science editor actually comes out with claptrap about small nations may be destroyed unless we act – especially islands in the Pacific.
All the evidence is that there is NO appreciable rise in sea levels – and most atolls are increasing in area. It is disgraceful that the BBC fails to give this evidence.
I stop over in South Pacific islands en route to see grandkids in New Zealand every couple of years. Last time was a return visit to the lovely Yasawa islands off the coast of Fiji’s main island, staying on tine isles. The natives there say they see no sign of any rise in sea level – and as they live on and by the sea, they should know !
The real danger to these islands is cutbacks in tourism which is a major part of their economies. Cutbacks because people worry about air travel – because of Islamic terrorism. Obama and the BBC have things back to front.
We have to remember that the Paris CoP is not now, never has been and never will be about anything called ‘climate change’. Nothing to do with climate science, nothing to do with climate catastrophism. This is a political agenda, disguised as an environmental cause. ‘The Pause’ – that’s meaningless, when one realises that none of the so-called ‘science’ actually matters anyway – that’s just a McGuffin.
What matters is the global heist – the organised theft of $billions from richer nations in a wealth redistribution ponzi scheme about to be enacted by aggressive politically-motivated liberal fascists at the UN/EU/IPCC in Paris.
This is the only important thing intended to happen at Paris – and certainly the only provable thing. All the rest is mere smoke and mirrors.
Sadly, you’re right. Everyone can see that you’re right, except for those who are up to their greedy, lying necks in it, either by conniving, or who are going along for the ride on religious, awkward, anti-capitalism or other spurious grounds. I think Prince Numpty and David Attenborough have feet in both camps…
Like our old democratic leader Mugabe? Who is saying that the rich west is not giving enough to help poorer countries. Bearing in mind that he has impoverished one of the richest nations in Africa…. And, this might be offtrack, but worth reading: http://gatesofvienna.net/2015/11/tet-take-two-islams-2016-european-offensive/
There is no doubt that the human population is higher than ever, will increase, and nothing is done to reduce the population.
It is also true that the energy and material usage is higher per capita than ever.
It would not, therefore, surprise me, if there was good evidence for climate change.
However “scientists” have a long history of anti-western activity.
Remember the atom bomb? The scientists were quite content to develop this weapon when it was going to be used against Germany and Japan. Although some of the “scientists” thought it was a good idea to give details of the construction to the peace loving, international, USSR
The weapons having be used against the Japanese, contrary to every military limitation agreement signed by the USA (just like the targeting of civilians by the so-called Allies) it became apparent that the Atom Bomb might be used by the USA against the mother of freedom, the perfect society, the “future” that was the USSR.
What did the socialist inclined, internationally inclined, political children, of the lefty scientists do? They produced the “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” with its famous clock. Their policy was that the USA should give up its monopoly of atomic weapons to create “peace”. Ignoring the facts of Marxist capture of Eastern Europe and China and Marxist aggression everywhere else.
This was not the first time “scientists” had advocated peace (ie surrender) and internationalism but since than “scientists” have been at the forefront of every socialist effort to destroy freedom. “Scientists” are always the first to advocate “immigration” (the destruction of white societies).
Every day of every year newspapers carry reports of “scientific” research whose only result is to demonstrate the willingness of “scientists” to do anything at all to stay on the gravy train, no matter how worthless and useless the waste of taxpayers money.
Every month a group of “scientists” will write to a major UK newspaper and decry Conservative policy; they never, ever, decry Socialist policy.
I will not believe in climate change until I have actually read the research, which I do not intend to do.
“Scientists” have no credibility whatsoever in my view. “Scientists” have a long history of supporting the enemies of the UK, they have a long history of supporting policies detrimental to the interest of the UK.
“Scientists” are just another branch of lefty traitors, they have never done anything which would cause me to trust them and done many things to which causes me to distrust them.
Sorry to reply to myself but today :-
“A list of UK musicians, politicians, academics and artists, including Brian Eno and Frankie Boyle wrote a letter to David Cameron urging him not to bomb Syria, saying a bombing campaign would not help in the fight against terrorism, but would rather aggravate the situation.”
The usual leftie traitors including academics.
Are you not aware you can control climate via taxation?…………..jeez.
Just a slight aside. I noticed that Roger Harrabin is introduced on the El-Beeb news as the Environmental Analyst.
Some may find the propagandising from this person the exact opposite of analysis, but there we are.
He’s certainly an analist…
For any of you out there that still believe Nasa is separate from politics and has no agenda on climate change. I’ll just drop this one.
What on earth is the point of world leaders apparently meeting with a purported agenda to reduce the worlds carbon footprint and yet developing countries are free to abuse the climate in whatever way they wish. If the leaders are serious about the climate they should start sanctioning countries like India for example, who are currently building a coal powered power station each week, India states it has ‘a right to grow’. Currently 85% of the worlds energy comes from fossil fuel. Global temperatures have not, repeat have NOT risen as was predicted by the ‘the worlds best scientist’.
Little or nothing has ever been achieved at the world leaders climate meetings which take place every five years.
So the conclusion I draw is that the developing, and non western countries have the right to show no concern for the climate.
So I take the view that if our world leaders just spout ‘hot air’ for the benefit of their green voters and don’t take the purported climate change seriously why should I?
I have come to view that the climate debate is a political vote gaining football for predominantly lefties to feel good about themselves.
When hard hitting, genuine worldwide sanctions are imposed I will take the advocates of climate change more seriously.
Well not all academic ‘s believe in Global Warming, Jerermy Swine had Professor Anthony Gless on, with some greeny bint, & he definitely was a sceptic. Good man, stuck to his guns though.
Can anyone find any reference on the BBC news site to the death of Maurice Strong? I’ve looked and I can find nothing.
Who was Maurice Strong?
First UN Environment Program chief organized Rio Earth Summit in 1992
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maurice-strong-dead-obit-un-1.3341829
The Canadian-born Strong, the first U.N. Environment Program chief, organized the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, which led to the launch of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Before setting up the structure for the hoax, Maurice Strong spoke re the Club of Rome:
“What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? …In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrial civilizations collapse. Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about?”
And again to National Revue Magazine 1/9/97:
“Frankly, we may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.”
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/father-of-agwhoax-maurice-strong-dead.html
Oh, now I see why the BBC can’t seem to find any space to memorialise this ‘hero’ of The Cause.
Or perhaps because of this…
…The same Maurice Strong has been hiding in China (with all their genuine pollution) to avoid being arrested in connection with the UN’s ‘Oil for Food’ program. He is suspected of taking bribes during that period.
Of course. Follow the money.
The BBC: Some of the news, some of the time. Plus the stuff we just won’t report because reasons.
I posted a note on Sunday about Strong’s death, having read of it on a German site. His demise hasn’t just been ignored by the BBC, though, it seems to have gone unnoticed by most of the media – even Breitbart, which you might have expected to have celebrated it.
The world is rid of a vile man who caused much harm.
I looked at the BBC website yesterday & predictably for the occasion there was a page of statistics purporting to demonstrate global warming. I was interested to see that there was one graph purporting to show a dramatic increase in the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the years. What concerns me is that there is no attempt to explain why an increase in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere should cause global warming. We are all expected to uncritically believe like sheep that it does without thinking. This gives credence to the theory espoused by some that belief in global warming is akin to a religion.
I had a letter today from a French friend claiming that the immigration problem & the war in Syria were due to climate change. I am going to have to be very sensitive in disabusing her of this notion otherwise a beautiful friendship will be ruined.
Ruin it Martin, she sounds weird!
Didn’t know that Charlotte Church had crossed the channel!
Well given that CO2 makes up 400 parts per million in our atmosphere at 0.04% and only 15 parts of that 400 parts per million is man made, human carbon dioxide emissions can’t be a massive driver on the climate.
Added that the UK’s contribution to the 15 parts is 0.18% of that miniscule part, you begin to realise how barmy this all is.
If the earth’s atmosphere is represented as a linear one kilometre line the UK’s co2 emissions are equal to the width of a single human hair on that line. Go figure.