Showing posts with label United Nations Environment Programme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations Environment Programme. Show all posts

Sep 1, 2015

3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of addressing a meeting of the World Federation of Scientists in Erice, Italy. I’m hoping to record a video of this talk, but in the interim here’s a transcript of what I said.

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Apr 22, 2015

The United Nations' Fake News Machine

A UN official delivers a speech. An account of that speech is written up to look like a news story. It gets published on a website funded by the UN. Casual readers are unlikely to appreciate that this is 100% spin.
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Oct 11, 2012

Deja Vu All Over Again...1991's 'World on Fire'

Before there was Al Gore, there was George Mitchell. Politicians have been casting themselves as environmental crusaders, saving the planet, for two decades.

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Jun 21, 2012

Liberty - the Missing Ingredient in the Green Analysis

Liberty. Freedom. These ideas inspire risk-taking and self-sacrifice. But the green movement offers the exact opposite.

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Apr 16, 2011

The Missing Map

In 2008, the United Nations Environment Programme published a map suggesting there’d be 50 million climate refugees by 2010. When a writer called attention to this failed prediction recently, the map disappeared. Read the rest here.

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Mar 8, 2011

Fiddling While Infants Perish

13 times as many children die before their first birthday in Rwanda as in Canada or the UK. Most people live below the poverty line, and 3 out of 10 are illiterate. Yet a UN official says Rwanda has demonstrated “leadership” by banning plastic bags.

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