[Committee] the master of Churchill College & climate change

[P. Candela-Pokorna]

Thought you might find this interesting - the master of Churchill College 
led the preparation of the following document:

http://tragicplanet.org/2006/11/20/a-guide-to-facts-and-fictions-about-climate-change/

A Guide to Facts and Fictions about Climate Change


It has become fashionable in some parts of the UK media to portray the 
scientific evidence that has been collected about climate change and the 
impact of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities as an 
exaggeration. Some articles have claimed that scientists are ignoring 
uncertainties in our understanding of the climate and the factors that 
affect it. Some have questioned the motives of the scientists who have 
presented the most authoritative assessments of the science of climate 
change, claiming that they have a vested interest in 'playing up' the 
potential effects that climate change is likely to have.

This document examines twelve misleading arguments (presented in bold 
typeface) put forward by the opponents of urgent action on climate change 
and highlights the scientific evidence that exposes their flaws. It has 
been prepared by a group led by Sir David Wallace FRS, Treasurer of the 
Royal Society, and Sir John Houghton FRS, former chair of Working Group I 
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This document has 
been endorsed by the Council of the Royal Society, and draws primarily on 
scientific papers published in leading peer-reviewed journals and the work 
of authoritative scientific organisations, such as the IPCC and the United 
States National Academy of Sciences.