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Anthropogenic global warming ‘stopped’ in 1997…and in 1996, 1995, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978 and 1972

Posted 3 Feb 2012 in

Self-proclaimed climate change ‘sceptics’ have for the past few years been recycling the myth that anthropogenic global warming has ‘stopped’. But these ‘sceptics’ always fail to point out is that, based on their logic, manmade global warming has actually ‘stopped’ nine times since 1970, in 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1995, 1996 and 1997. And they fail to mention that the underlying anthropogenic warming trend is clear and unambiguous when temperature data for the past four decades are taken into account. read more »


Comment: Why climate equity matters in India

Posted 1 Feb 2012 in

One of the defining moments of the Durban conference was the Indian Minister Jayanthi Natarajan’s passionate speech on equity in the international negotiations. Responding to Climate Change



Deadline 2015 (PDF)

Posted 12 Jan 2012 in

A summit meeting of heads of government is needed to strengthen global ambition on climate change — we should start preparing now, says Michael Jacobs.




A Year of Revolution

Posted 26 Dec 2011 in

In a year of revolution, causes have been easier to identify than consequences. In 1989, following the end of the Cold War, the American political… Irish Left Review