The
New Zealand Herald reports that an impressive group of scientists are
forming a new group of scientists whose chief goal is to act as auditors of the
IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change).
A group of leading climate scientists
has announced the formation of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, aimed
at refuting what it believes are unfounded claims about man-made global
warming.
"We believe this is a significant development in opening
up the debate about the real effects of climate change and the justification
for the costs and other measures prescribed in the Kyoto protocols," said
the coalition's secretary, Terry Dunleavy.
He said members of the coalition had had enough of
"over-exaggerated" claims about the effects of man-made global
warming and aimed to provide a balance to "what is being fed to the people
of New Zealand".
In The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition’s inaugural press release Owen McShane tells it like it is.
"Many scientists and economists are concerned that the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has an effective monopoly on public announcements on this matter, and its statements go largely unchallenged - or go largely unchallenged in a format that will carry weight with governments, the media or the general public," said Mr McShane.
"Hence, a new ‘sceptical consensus’ has developed that, before the next IPCC report is published in February next year, there should be a panel, or panels, of experts who have established themselves as ‘auditors’ of the IPCC, both here in New Zealand and abroad.
"Those of us involved in forming this coalition believe that now is the time for individual countries like New Zealand to assemble their own national expert panels, so that these panels can form larger groupings with like minded-panels from other countries so as to be ready to deal with the reports to be published by the IPCC next year. Their aim should not be to repeat, or parallel, the work of the IPCC, but to audit its reports, and to let the members of the IPCC know that such auditors are waiting in the wings," said Mr McShane.
Could real science finally be coming out of exile? I'm not going to hold my breath.
However, I am going to allow myself a little—a very little—hope.
http://www.climatescience.org.nz/—It's just a collection of press releases so far. More coming soon.
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