royston wea agm 12 may: climate change myths climate change isn’t happening it’s all natural...
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Royston WEA AGM 12 May: Climate change myths
Climate change isn’t happening
It’s all natural
There’s nothing we can do
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A bit about me...
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Christopher Booker, Telegraph
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Which myths to choose?
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Top 3 climate change myths
• Climate change isn’t happening• It’s natural: the climate has always
varied• There’s nothing we can do about it
anyway
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Top 3 climate change myths
• Climate change isn’t happening• It’s natural: the climate has always
varied• There’s nothing we can do about it
anyway
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What’s the difference between climate and weather?
• Weather relates to the conditions over a short period of time.
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Climate and weather
• Or climate is what you expect: weather is what you get!
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IPCC Assessment Reports since 1990: WGI Contribution
1990
1995
2001
2007
2013
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Consensus on climate change
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Climate change today
• Higher temperatures• Changing rainfall• Changes in nature• Sea level rises• Retreating glaciers• Changes in sea ice• Changes in ice sheets
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Arctic Sea Ice is melting
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Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
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Changes in nature
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Alien species
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November 1952
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November 2013
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Environmental refugees - Tuvalu
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Japanese cherry trees
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Two graphs
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Carbon dioxide and temperature
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An (in)famous graph
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The Hockey Stick Graph
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Top 3 climate change myths
• Climate change isn’t happening• It’s natural: the climate has always
varied• There’s nothing we can do about it
anyway
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What’s the coldest year you can remember?
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Sahara 5000 years ago
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Vikings in Greenland
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Dinosaur weather
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Mount Pinatubo
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Inspired by Tambora
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Snowball Earth
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Daily Mirror
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“UKIP do not believe in all these doom and gloom stories”
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I am not a scientist
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Soon and the Sun
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Milankovitch cycles
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Continents 700 years ago
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Natural changes happen slowly
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Coldest winters
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Met Office – coldest years
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Top 3 climate change myths
• Climate change isn’t happening• It’s natural: the climate has always
varied• There’s nothing we can do about it
anyway
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Wind turbines
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PV in desert in Peru
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Individual action
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UK Carbon Plan
• Carbon budgets – Climate Change Act 2008• All cavity walls and lofts insulated by 2020• Closing coal fired power stations during 2020s•Renewable, nuclear and coal with carbon capture and storage•Low carbon electricity, cars and heating•2030 onwards tackling industry, aviation, shipping, agriculture
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Boundary Dam
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Croome Park
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Ground source heat pump
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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IPCC Assessment Reports since 1990: WGI Contribution
1990
1995
2001
2007
2013
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What does the IPCC say?
•We can tackle climate change•It needs international co-operation•It will be much more difficult if we delay beyond 2030•There are a range of different actions we could take
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A range of measures• Integrating climate policies in broader development policies • Regulations and standards • Taxes and charges • Tradable permits • Financial incentives• Voluntary agreements • Information instruments • Research and development
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Solar Radiation Management
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Combating Climate Change Myths