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The world’s political leaders should heed their wisdom!

Climate Change and the Age of Wisdom



There are various “open letters” available on the internet, urging the political powers and executive boards of learned societies to adopt less categorical stances with respect to “climate change” concerns and policies.

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Societies

For example, on September 30, 2010, the Royal Society of Britain, reacting to public complaints by 43 of their senior members (then termed “rebels” by some media) earlier that year, revised their guide “Climate change: a summary of the science”. One of the critical complaints had been the suppression of debate. The new guide states “Climate change has been and continues to be the subject of intensive scientific research and public debate.” Similarly, in November 2009, 159 senior members of the American Physical Society urged the society’s board to “revise its current [2007] policy on climate change, so as to more accurately represent the current state of the science”. Specifically, they proposed the inclusion of the following text:
Studies of a variety of natural processes, including ocean cycles and solar variability, indicate that they can account for variations in the Earth’s climate on the time scale of decades and centuries. Current climate models appear insufficiently reliable to properly account for natural and anthropogenic contributions to past climate change, much less project future climate.
In response, in April 2010, the society’s board added lengthy comments and additional details “for clarification” to their policy statement.

Political leaders

In September 2009, over 100 scientists signed an open letter to A. Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, deploring a suppression of scientific facts and discussion concerning the global warming issue as presented by the media and the International Panel on Climate Change. In November 2008, 115 scientists published an open letter to then US President-Elect Obama with the title “With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true”, stating also that “After controlling for population growth and property values, there has been no increase in damages from severe weather-related events. The computer models forecasting rapid temperature change abjectly fail to explain recent climate behavior.”

What do the letters have in common?

These open letters to societies and political leaders all have two characteristics in common:
  • They are written by professionals who are well established in their careers, tenured academics, leaders of research groups, company executives, recipients of many prestigious awards, all of whom enjoy a high national and international reputation.
  • Many of these professionals are retired or close to retirement. Therefore, they no longer need to kowtow to political, management, or peer pressure to obtain research funds, etc. In other words, they can speak freely without fear of retribution.
The world’s political leaders should heed their wisdom!


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Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser is author of CONVENIENT MYTHS, the green revolution – perceptions, politics, and facts Convenient Myths


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