December 13, 2007
Climate Skeptics Say Debate Stifled - The Associated Press- About: global warming facts
Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg, who says global warming
isn't a big threat and that international treaties requiring sharp and immediate cuts in carbon emissions would cost a lot but do little good, is seen in Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. Lomborg belongs to the small and splintered but loud camp of skeptics - also known as contrarians - who claim the climate threat is exaggerated. As Al Gore shows off his Nobel Peace Prize and world policy-makers hammer out a new strategy for saving the planet, climate change contrarians say they have been elbowed out of the debate. Lomborg accepts that the Earth is warming because of man, but says a changing climate, including the threat posed by rising sea levels to small island nations, is a less urgent problem than, for example, AIDS or malnutrition. read more
isn't a big threat and that international treaties requiring sharp and immediate cuts in carbon emissions would cost a lot but do little good, is seen in Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. Lomborg belongs to the small and splintered but loud camp of skeptics - also known as contrarians - who claim the climate threat is exaggerated. As Al Gore shows off his Nobel Peace Prize and world policy-makers hammer out a new strategy for saving the planet, climate change contrarians say they have been elbowed out of the debate. Lomborg accepts that the Earth is warming because of man, but says a changing climate, including the threat posed by rising sea levels to small island nations, is a less urgent problem than, for example, AIDS or malnutrition. read more
Tags: warming, lomborg, global warming facts, contrarians, gore, change, climate
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