Wiser from the Copenhagen hysteria, all sides – except President Zuma, who is forced to show some enthusiasm, and in a way The Holy Father, who wants a “credible” outcome (nothing wrong with credibility) - seem to agree that COP17 in Durban wont accomplish anything. As for me, I’m content with that, but it’s still fun to watch the show, including side appaerances from all places. Guess we can look forward to a lot of that.

In the UK, PM Cameron’s “Green Guru”, Steve Hilton suddenly comes out as a realist, saying he doubts the entire Global Warming idea.

Reports the Daily Mail:

‘I’m not sure I believe in it,’ he announced at a meeting of the Energy Department, prompting one aide to blurt out: ‘Did I just hear that correctly?’

Meanwhile, Canada seems to abandon ship as far as Kyoto goes.

“[Environment Minister, Peter] Kent said in the House of Commons on Nov. 22 he won’t sign a document at the Durban conference that extends the Kyoto targets.

‘Canada goes to Durban with a number of countries sharing the same objective, and that is to put Kyoto behind us,’ Kent said.” according to CTV News.

And this is just the beginning. Roughly, on the table is: Kyoto, expiring next year. The EU, not having any problems with the obligations, are for an extension, and the big players never joined. A global binding treaty that was hoped for in Copenhagen and now, if ever, might appear at least as a draft resolution in three years.

Remains the 100 billions, pledged, but still unclear how, to be spread over the earth. This is COP17. Guess the by now professional summit globerotters find that a fair sum for others to pay, in order to continue the circus.

On Friday and Saturday, November 25^th & 26^th, as the UN prepared to kick off COP17, the UN Conference on Climate Change, in Durban, South Africa, CFACT, the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) and others co-sponsored a climate conference of our own in beautiful Munich, Germany. EIKE was launched in 2007 in Berlin. CFACT is a proud founding member.

Interview with
EIKE President Dr. Holger Thuss

CFACT: What has been the public mood in Germany about global warming?

For years, large parts of the population were buying into the IPCC’s position without question. Others had some doubt, but could not find any reliable source in their own language to educate themselves about anything about climate that did not favor the Green’s narrative. It was terribly one-sided.

Are things changing?

The media, while still often hostile, now takes serious interest in our activities and today is willing to openly question whether the IPCC and climate campaigners are always right. Today, more and more people in Germany realize they have been misinformed and I can say without exaggerating that our work played an important part in this. We see a real change, not just among ordinary citizens, but also business leaders, lawmakers, media executives and the consulting industry (which is very influential in Germany). People from every sector of society are giving positive feedback, attending events, buying our publications and are now not shy about giving us advice. People read the newspaper and decided for themselves that something didn’t smell right. EIKE with the help from CFACT gave them the facts and a way to meet one another, organize and communicate.

What was it like organizing the first real organization in Germany to question climate orthodoxy?

We had resistance from all sides. We needed 1 1/2 years to register and organize – it took that long to overcome bureaucratic resistance. It was even worse to deal with the hostile media which didn’t hesitate to tell outright lies about our funding, research and the qualifications of our experts – who are distinguished academics from prestigious universities! Some climate radicals tried to make a big deal about the relationship between EIKE and CFACT and just can’t seem to grasp that organizations can be friends too and cooperate together to do great work. Today EIKE is proud to welcome cooperation and support from many diverse and talented people and organizations. The momentum is on our side.

Tell us about the climate conference program.

We have now conducted two workshops and four major conferences. Every one has been a success and each was larger than the one before. There is real excitement. We just completed our first conference in Munich, which was timed to take place at the start of the UN climate conference in Durban. I was very pleased to realize that 90 percent of the people attending were new. They heard we were going to be in their region, wanted to be with us and were willing to reach into their own pockets to support the conference financially. They came not only from Southern Germany, but from Austria, Switzerland and even South Korea and Paraguay.  We are rather proud to be able to offer attendees simultaneous German and English translations throughout the conference.

What were some highlights of this weekend’s conference?

Almost every presentation was a highlight because we heard state of the art science from such distinguished researchers as Henrik Svensmark from Denmark, Nir Shaiviv from Israel, Gernot Patzelt from Austria and Jan Veizer from Canada. We also covered policy and legal aspects related to the downsides of renewable energy and of course the Climategate scandal parts one and two from fascinating speakers such as Donna Lafromboise from Canada and Chris Horner from the U.S. We had so many more truly brilliant presenters that I hesitate to mention any names at all, because each is worthy and we are extremely grateful to them all.

What message can CFACT carry from Munich to the UN’s COP17 in Durban?

We want the UN and everyone reading this to know that the IPCC reports have been proclaiming their conclusions as unquestionable scientific facts, when actually their science is faulty and Climategate shows the UN has placed its trust in the wrong people. We call for open minds and vigorous debate without fear. The IPCC should be replaced by a more credible institution, perhaps one uniting research institutions from around the world, free from bias and advocacy.

Prof. Nir Shaviv at the 2010 International Climate and Energy Conference

For the 4th time, the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE), the Berlin Manhattan Institute, CFACT and a few others host an International Climate and Energy Conference, this time in in the Bavarian capital Munich, Nov. 25.-26 (program below).

Renowned scientists such as Professors Svensmark, Shaviv, Veizer and Patzelt, as well as bestselling authors such as Donna Laframboise, Andrew Montford and Christopher Horner confirmed their participation. As in previous years, the event is going to be Europe’s no.1 meeting and debating point for climate and energy realists, bloggers, and their friends from all over Europe and beyond.

Registration works through the EIKE-page, www.eike-klima-energie.eu, or by mail, info@eike-klima-energie.eu, or by fax: +49-2641-32 79 858. Regular participation fee for this 2-day-event is 140 Euro (including 3 meals, 4 coffee breaks, 1 evening reception, conference materials, and simultaneous translation English/German and German/English). More technical details below the program.

Program (updated 10th November)

Friday – November 25

08:00 a.m. Registration

 09:00 a.m.

Welcome

Wolfgang Müller

Berlin Manhattan Institute (BMI), European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE)

 09:10 a.m.

The IPCC – Almost nothing you’ve been told about this organization is actually true

Donna Laframboise

Blog nofrakkingconsensus.com

 09:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Panel: Measuring vs. Modelling

Real temperature measurements vs. climate alarmism

Prof. em. Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes

 Glaciers- and forest development in high altitude alpine areas during the last 10,000 years

Prof. em. Dr. Gernot Patzelt

University of Insbruck

 Anthropogenic sea level rise: from scenario to panic

Dipl. Meteorologe Klaus-Eckart Puls

Press spokesperson EIKE

 11:30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. Break

 Mission impossible – geological facts of carbon capture and storage in Germany

Prof. em. Dr. Friedrich-Karl Ewert

Universität Paderborn

12:30 p.m.  – 2:00 p.m. Lunch – conference venue

 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel: Cosmic Rays, CO₂ and Climate

 Climate, water, CO₂ and the sun

Prof. Dr. Jan Veizer  

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa

The cosmic ray climate link – evidence and implications to the understanding of climate change

Prof. Dr. Nir Shaviv

Racah Institute of Physics – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 The impact of solar activities and cosmic rays on the world climate

Prof. Dr. Henrik Svensmark  

Centre for Sun-Climate Research des Danish National Space Centre

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break

 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Panel: Update on the CERN Study Cosmic Rays and Climate Change

Prof. Dr. Jan Veizer, Prof. Dr. Nir Shaviv, Prof. Dr. Henrik Svensmark  

 5:30 p.m. – 19:00 p.m.

Panel: How scientists and project developers deal with truth

 Climategate – The story of a cover up

Andrew Montfort

Bishop Hill Blog

Not at face value – tricky contracts in wind power investments
Tilman Kluge
Bad Sonden am Taunus

 Followed by dinner

Saturday – November 26

 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Panel: Forecasts vs. Scenarios

 Climate change between statistics, models and substitute religion

Prof. Dr. Werner Kirstein

Institute of Geography, Leipzig University

 Accurate long term weather forecasts are possible

Piers Corbyn

Weather Action, London

 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break

 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

The urban legend of the Hockey Stick

Andrew Montfort

Bishop Hill Blog

 12:15 p.m. – 13:00 p.m.

Investing wisely– opportunities and dangers in alternative energy   

 13:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch – at conference venue

 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel: Climate- and Energy Policy – Wish and Reality

 The green economy: Crony capitalism’s newest big idea

Dr. Christopher C. Horner

Center for Energy and Environment – Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC

The costs of Germany’s green energy agenda – plan vs. reality

Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför

University of Konstanz

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break

 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Covering their tracks: the IPCC and transparency

Dr. Christopher C. Horner

Center for Energy and Environment – Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC

 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Climate policies – a threat to liberty

Prof. Dr. Gerd Habermann

Universität Potsdam, Hayek Society

 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Closing remarks

Dr. Holger Thuss

President Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie (EIKE)

7:00 p.m. Reception and end of conference

7:00 p.m. Reception and end of conference

Venue: Maritim Hotel München, Goethestr. 7, 80336 München, Germany

Registration Fees:

80 € Day Tickets

140 € Private Individuals (2 days)

290 € Company Representatives (2 days)

Registrations after November 18, 2011 are subject to a surcharge of 30 € per Ticket.

All prices include VAT.

The registration fees include the conference materials, meals and coffee breaks.

Registration

Via the EIKE Website or with your full name, address and institution via fax or email.

Email: info@berlinmanhattan.org

Fax: +49(0)30 69 20 800 39

or via mail:

Registration EIKE

P.O. Box 110111

07722 Jena

Germany

Please make your registration payment payable to EIKE e.V.

Bank: Volksbank Saaletal Rudolstadt

Account: 42 42 92 01

BLZ: 830 944 54

IBAN: DE34 8309 4454 0042 4292 01

BIC: GENODEF1RUJ

Last Tuesday, University of Leipzig science faculty dean Prof. Dr. Jürgen Haase barred a climate seminar organized by (his own) geography professor Werner Kirstein, as well as the use of an auditorium of his own institute (!) and participation by European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) Vice President Michael Limburg as one of the the main speakers. Fortunately the ban was later relaxed and the seminar was allowed to go ahead.

The reason for originally having banned the seminar was a dissertation authored by Michael Limburg, which was critical of climate-science and was submitted to the faculty in March 2010. Two reviewers rejected the dissertation claiming, among other points, that it was inadequate. This is why Limburg was not welcome as a speaker, according to a letter from the Dean. The fact that the same dissertation had been recommended for acceptance by 4 other renowned professors went unmentioned by Haase. Limburg immediately challenged the ban.

What was so inconvenient about Limburg’s dissertation?

Under the supervision of Prof. Werner Kirstein, Limburg had written a dissertation that examined the quality of historical global temperature and sea level data in detail. His conclusions were damning. Using accepted rules for science and measurement, Limburg’s results showed that the datasets did not allow sea level and temperature change over the last 120-150 years to be determined anywhere near the alleged accuracies of millimetres or tenths of a degree Celsius respectively as claimed by the IPCC. The range of uncertainty, in both global mean temperature and sea level, is considerably greater than the total respective changes given by the IPCC. Every factor in attributing the possible causes of the changes was, at best, scientifically questionable.

Naturally, the faculty searched – and found – the “right” reviewers for assessing Limburg’s dissertation. In his decision to ban Limburg from speaking, Haase quoted only the objectively unfair and negative assessments. The fact that four other university professors had recommended the dissertation be accepted got no mention by Haase. Limburg officially contested the assessment delivered by the two reviewers, but they have taken their time to respond. Up to today there is still no response. Now a legal battle appears inevitable. Science has again been cast aside.

The high point of the whole affair is the open attempt by the University of Leipzig to silence Lim¬burg – even though he had been officially invited by a full professor. The Leipzig University faculty appears to be completely oblivious to this unworthy conduct.

Open debate is essential for the progress of science

This brings up Voltaire, the most famous philosopher of our time, and his words to his harshest opponent: ‘Sir, I do not agree with your opinion and I fully oppose you. But I would give up my life to assure that you will always be allowed to publicly express your opinion’. At the University of Leipzig, there has to be some colleagues among the philosophy faculty who are familiar with those words. But it looks as if the University leadership is not among them.

Sources: Press release by EIKE, www.eike-klima-energie.eu, originally translated from German by Pierre Gosselin, http://notrickszone.com

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This morning CFACT & EIKE presented a scientific briefing at the UN conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany.  The briefing was introduced by Wolfgang Müller of EIKE and Berlin’s Manhattan Institut and featured Professor em. Friedrich Karl Ewert a geologist from Paderborn University and Dr. Horst Borchert of the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität in Mainz.  The presentations build upon the analysis of Professor S. Fred Singer and provide information on the geological record, solar activity and the big question — is our climate governed by man or nature?

Here We Go Again

 Bonn, Germany, June 2011

 The view is awesome, the food is great, the historic monuments are impressing, but the delegates are bored – in other words: we are in Bonn, Germany, where 3500 delegates meet for just another UN Climate Change Conference. The meeting is the second in a row of meetings leading to the grand climate conference in Durban, South Africa, where the next Kyoto-styled climate agreement is supposed to be adopted. However, the big news from Bonn is there is no news, despite the earlier announcements of Christiana Figueres that there is “hope” for a second Kyoto treaty and that many governments expressed their interest in promoting a “low carbon economy”. For reasons unknown so far, the UNFCC, the climate body of the UN, of which Ms. Figueres is the Secretary General, was unable to convene the opening plenary session until the evening of the first conference day. Thousands of government and NGO delegates were waiting in the grand meeting room and in the hallways – and nothing happened so far.

There are various theories what is going on behind closed doors. Since Ms. Figueres greatest concern was the “deadlock” of the international climate negotiations as the main result of the Bangkok meeting earlier this year, it must be exactly this “deadlock” that is preventing Ms. Figueres from officially opening the conference. Major nations such as China, India, Russia and Brazil are apparently not at all ready to follow the way to the very restrictive “carbon economy” drafted by UN bureaucrats and green gurus. Meanwhile, some hundred “premium” delegates convene behind closed doors in a room called “G77 and China” since the early morning. The public and NGOs are excluded.

CFACT, that is observing the conference with delegates on the ground, was however able to obtain at least some information: key players behind closed doors – as the group name indicates – are China and the EU under the leadership of the German government. While the former is the strongest opponent of further restricting economic development and “poverty eradication”, the latter has a lot to loose in case the entire project of internationally binding carbon emission targets is falling into pieces. While some British and US delegates were seen waiting in the grand plenary hall, none of the senior German and Chinese officials has been seen. And www.busnessgreen.com quoted chief US negotiator Todd Stern arguing that extending Kyoto was “unrealistic”, and “legally binding international obligations to cut emissions are not necessary”. Other features show in the same direction: it is obvious that the numbers of government officials went down dramatically. It is no longer difficult to find accommodation in Bonn during the climate talks – which was unthinkable during the same talks a year ago. Media coverage and the number of accredited journalists went down as well. The most obvious is however the small number and the negligible visibility of green NGOs. What we see is however a shift of the focus and an adjustment of their strategy. Green NGOs are still influencing the governments all over the “western” world big time. From their perspective, anti-carbon policies can be far easier implemented through “like-minded” governments and government agencies such as EPA. Former green street activists have over the years evolved into white collar activists and are much lesser dependent on the output of UN conferences. With close relations to the mainstream media, the UN is also no longer needed to influence the public debate. On the other hand, it isn’t of course totally impossible that some kind of deal eventually leads to another agreement Kyoto-style. A first step in this direction would be an agreement on the continuation of the international climate talks. These so-called commitments of the Annex-1-parties under the Kyoto protocol are discussed by a special ad hoc working group. But it is yet to early for a critical review.

Holger Thuss, Executive Director, CFACT Europe

The UN climate conference in Bonn opens today and CFACT has partnered with EIKE to send a delegation led by Dr. Holger Thuss.  The UNFCCC is banking on these subsidiary conferences to set the stage for major agreements in Durban South Africa in December.  The global warming scare and the inept and corrupt nature of proposed solutions have fallen far out of favor with the public and policy makers are taking notice and defecting.  CFACT has scheduled a  UNFCCC hosted press conference for Wednesday, 14:00 CET in the Hotel Maritim’s room Haydn.  The press conference may be webcast live by the UN.  Stay in touch with CFACT Europe for further updates from Bonn.

Berlin – December 3 & 4, 2010

International Conference on Energy and Climate:

Parallel to the UN Climate summit in Cancún we want to invite you to our 3rd International Climate conference. One year after the Climategate scandal, leading international scientists will present new findings in the fields of climate science and energy. In many cases these findings are contrary to the claims made by the IPCC. During two days we will cover topics from the science of climate change to the socio-political and economic impact of current climate and energy policies. Due to the current changes in Europe’s energy policy, this topic will receive special attention.

REGISTER ONLINE

Programme: 3 -4 December 2010

All presentations of the main sessions will be simultaneously interpreted English to German and German to English

1:00 pm
Registration

2:00 pm
Welcome – Why do we still deal with the Climate?

Dr. Holger Thuss

European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE)

Wolfgang Müller

Berlin Manhattan Institut (BMI)

2:30 pm
Update in Climate Science – the new NIPCC Report – and the Validity of Climate Models

Prof. Dr. S. Fred Singer

NIPCC

Panel: Cosmis Rays and Climate

3:00 pm
The impact of solar activities and cosmic rays on the world climate

Prof. Henrik Svensmark

Centre for Sun-Climate Research des Danish National Space Center

New insights on the solar influence on climate and its implication for understanding climate change

Prof. Dr. Nir Shaviv

Racah Institute of Physics -The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Which global warming ? A solid earth geophysicist’s politically incorrect? look at climate change

Prof. Dr. Vincent Courtillot

IPGP Université Paris Diderot

5:15 pm – 5.45 Break

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5:45 pm – 7:15 pm
Panel: Politics and “Saving” the Climate

“Saving” the climate as an instrument of French geo-strategic politics

Dr. Emmanuel Martin

Economist and Editor of UnMondeLibre.org

The green-energy lobby and its politico-economical consequences

Günter Ederer

Economic Jeournalists and Flim Producer

7:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Climate hazard: adaptation is the key

Prof. Dr. Bob Carter

Marine Geophysical Laboratory: James Cook University, Queensland and University of Adelaide South Australia

8:00 pm
Q & A -Discussions

Followed by dinner -Buffet

9:30 pm
Film screening: Klimaschwindel: Wie die Öko-Mafia uns abzockt with contributions von: Lord Christopher
Monckton, Dr. Bruno Bandulet, Dr. Wolfgang Thüne, Günter Ederer
Germany 2010, Polar Film + Medien GmbH

11:00 pm
Informal wrap up of the first day

Location: Checkpoint Bar (Hotel Maritim)

4 December 2010

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Panel: CO2 and climate

The role of water in the fate of carbon: implications for the climate system

Prof. Dr. Jan Veizer

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa

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Human vs. nature – who is the culprit?

Prof. Dr. Ian Plimer

Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Adelaide

Climate change between statistics, models and substitute religion

Prof. Dr. Werner Kirstein

Institut für Geographie, Universität Leipzig

10:00 pm – 10:30 pm Break
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Panel: The message from empirical data sets

Persistence in long-term temperature readings show the solar influence on the climate

Prof. em. Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes

The majority of worldwide long-term thermometer data does not show warming!

Prof. em. Dr. Friedrich-Karl Ewert

University of Paderborn

The normalcy of weather variations

Dipl. Meteorologe Klaus-Eckart Puls

Press spokesperson EIKE

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch break
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel: Climate-and Energy Policy – Dream and Reality

“Saving the Climate” & Energy Concept – Does it Fit?

Dipl. Ing. Michael Limburg

Vice-President Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie (EIKE)

The implications of Germany’s new energy concept for Germany’s steel-and basic materials industry

Prof. Dr. Dieter Ameling

Former president of the German Steel Federation and former Chairman of the Steel Institut (VDEh)

Fiction and Reality in “Saving the Climate”

Dr. Lutz Peters

Entrepreneur and Author of Klima 2055

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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks

4.00 pm Reception and End of the Conference
PARALLEL SESSION: Saturday, 4 December, in an additional Room at the Conference Hotel (Maritim pro
Arte Hotel)

The presentations of the parallel sessions will not be interpreted

Saturday, 4 December 2010

10:30 pm – 11:30 pm
The Correlation of variations in solar activity and the climate variations (talk will be in German)

Die Korrelation von Schwankungen der Sonnenaktivität und Klimaveränderungen

Dipl. Phys. Dr. Horst Borchert

Geographischen Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel: Conventional Modern Energy

Panel: konventionelle moderne Energie

Is nuclear energy still up to date? Waste storage & Fusion
(talk will be in German)

Wie zeitgemäß ist Kernenergie? Endlagerung & Fusion

Prof. Dr. Alois Haas

Ruhr Universität Bochum

Can conventional energy fullfill the demand of the future
Die Markt-und Zukunftsfähigkeit konventioneller Energie

Dr. Dietmar Ufer

Energiewirtschaftler, Leipzig

3:30 pm End of the parallel session
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme on short notice

This conference is in cooperation with the Berlin Manhattan Instituts mit dem Europäischen Institut für Klima und
Energie (EIKE), the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), the Committee for a
Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), the Haus der Zukunft, the Liberalen Institut der Stiftung für die Freiheit and the
Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft.

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Speakers

Prof. Dr. S. Fred Singer ist Physiker und Klima Wissenschaftler. Singer ist ehemaliger Chef des US Weather
Satellite Service, ehemaliger IPCC reviewer, Autor von: “Hot Talk Cold Science” und des Bestsellers “Unstoppable
Global Warming–Every 1500 Years”, University of Virginia. Er gilt als einer der meist-respektierten und am
häufigsten veröffentlichten Klimaexperten. Er ist distinguished research professor an der George Mason University
und Prof. emeritus of environmental science der University of Virginia. Er leitete die NGO Science and Environmental
Policy Project, die er 1990 gegründet hat.

Günter Ederer fand schon kurz nach seinen Lehrjahren bei Tages-und Wochenzeitungen den Weg zum Fernsehen.
Nach drei Jahren beim Südwestfunk Baden-Baden wechselte er 1969 zum ZDF, wo er ab 1971 die renommierte
Wirtschaftssendung “Bilanz” mitgestaltete. Von 1984 -1990 an berichtete er als Fernostkorrespondent des ZDF aus
Tokio über die Umbrüche in Asien. 1990 hat sich Ederer gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Anke selbstständig gemacht. Als
Filmproduzent und Wirtschaftspublizist hat er mittlerweile in 62 Ländern Filme produziert. Seine klare Sprache, aber
auch seine kompromisslose Recherche hat ihm mittlerweile 23 Filmpreise und Auszeichnungen eingebracht. Darunter
den Karl-Bräuer-Preis des Bundes der Steuerzahler, den Deutsche Wirtschaftsfilmpreis, den Medienpreis der
Johanna-Quandt-Stiftung, zweimal den deutsch-französischen Journalistenpreis und fünf Mal den Ernst-Schneider-
Preis der Deutschen Industrie und Handelskammern. 2002 erhielt er den Deutschen Fernsehpreis für seine ARD-
Reportage “Menschenpoker”, die sich mit dem Arbeitsmarkt auseinandersetzte. 2003 wurde ihm der Ludwig-Erhard-
Preis verliehen. Letzte Auszeichnung im Jahr 2006 war die Hayek-Medaille der Friedrich A. von Hayek-Gesellschaft.
Damit ist Günter Ederer einer der am meisten ausgezeichneten Wirtschaftsjournalisten Deutschlands. Er ist Autor
einer Reihe sehr erfolgreicher Bücher, zuletzt “Die Sehnsucht nach einer verlogenen Welt”.

Prof. Dr. Nir Shaviv ist ein israelisch-amerikanischer Physiker der am Racah Institut für Physik der Hebräischen
Universität Jerusalem lehrt.
Shaviv schloss 1990 am Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa seinen BA als Jahrgangsbester ab und erlangte 1994
den Master of Science in Physik und 1996 seine Promotion 1996. Innerhalb der Astrophysik er besonders durch seine
Arbeiten zur Eddington-Grenze bekannt. Er zeigte, dass astrophysikalische Objekte heller sein können, als die
Eddington-Grenze vorgibt. Er konnte dabei den Masseverlust bei der Eta Carinae und bei klassischen Novae besser
deuten. Seine Arbeiten über den möglichen Zusammenhang zwischen kosmischer Strahlung und dem Klima sowie
der Spiralarme der Milchstraße und den Eiszeiten, sind auf große Resonanz in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur und
den allgemeinen Medien gestoßen.

Prof. Dr. Werner Kirstein ist er Universitätsprofessor an der Universität Leipzig für Geoinformatik, Fernerkundung,
Klimageographie. Sein Studium der Physik und Geographie an der Universität Würzburg schloss er 1977 mit dem
Staatsexamen und einer Arbeit über Theoretische Thermodynamik. Der Einfluss des solaren Aktivitätszyklus auf
rezente Klimaschwankungen ab. Kirstein war anschließend Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Forschungszentrum
Jülich bis 1997 und zuständig für die Doktorandenbetreuung am Internationalen Institut für Angewandte
Systemanalyse (IIASA), Schloss Laxenburg bei Wien. 1981 erlangte er an der Uni Würzburg seine Promotion über
Häufigkeiten von Korrelationen zwischen Sonnenaktivität und Klimaelementen und 1991 seine Habilitation über
Geographische Verteilungsmuster der rezenten Klimavariabilität -Aspekte zur Klimageographie der
Nordhemisphäre mit multivariater Methodik. Kirstein ist Autor zahlreicher Aufsätze und Bücher. Kirstein führt
gegenwärtig Forschungsprojekte zum Einfluss geomorphologischer Faktoren auf die Klimavariabilität am Beispiel
des Indischen Subkontinents durch und eine klimageographische Untersuchung solar-terrestrischer Beziehungen
zwischen der Sonnenaktivität und Hauptklimaelementen.

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Der Diplom-Meteorologe Klaus-Eckart Puls hat ab 1960 in Rostock und Berlin (West) Naturwissenschaften
studiert und 1968 an der Freien Universität Berlin sein Diplom in Meteorologie erhalten. Im Anschluss daran war er
dort bis 1970 Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter mit dem Forschungs-Schwerpunkt Atmosphärisches Ozon. 1970
begann Puls seine Laufbahn beim Deutschen Wetterdienst, 1971-1978 beim Seewetteramt Hamburg mit
Arbeitsschwerpunkten Seewetterdienst, Schiffsrouten-Beratungsdienst und ab 1975 Leiter der Gruppe Laderaum/
Schiffsraum-Meteorologie. Neben zahlreichen Seereisen auf Handels-und Forschungsschiffen arbeitete er im
Normen-Ausschuß “Technoklimate” (DIN 50 019). Von 1978-1984 war er Leiter der Agrarmeteorlogischen
Beratungs-und Forschungsstelle Bonn wo er auch einen Lehrauftrag an der Universität Bonn im Fach “Agrarmeteorologie”
wahrnahm. Von 1984-2000 leitete er das Wetteramt Essen und nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung
zusätzlich (1990/91) den
Aufbau und Leitung des Wetteramtes Leipzig. Seit 1966 über 150 wissenschaftliche und populär-wissenschaftliche
Veröffentlichungen zu: Wetter, Klima, Ozon, Schiffsraummeteorologie, Agrarmeteorologie, Pollenflug/Allergologie,
Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Kalendergeschichte.

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Prof. Dr. Robert (Bob) M. Carter, Hon. FRSNZ ist Professor am Marine Geophysical Laboratory der James Cook
University, Queensland und der University of Adelaide South Australia, in Australien. Er ist Geologe spezialisiert in
Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Meeresgeologie und Umweltwissenschaften. Carter war Direktor des australischen
Secretariat for the Ocean Drilling Program, dem führenden Forschungsprogramm für Umwelt-und
Erdwissenschaften. Carter war Mitglied in zahlreichen nationalen und internationalen Forschungskommitees und ist
Honorary Fellow der Royal Society of New Zealand. Seine gegenwärtige Forschung zum Klimawandel und den
Veränderungen des Meeresspiegels basiert auf einer Feldstudie känozoischer Sedimente (der letzen 65 Millionen
Jahre) aus dem Südwesten des Pazifiks und Sedimenten aus Bohrungen im südlichen Pazifik.

Prof. Dr. Ian Plimer, ist Professor für Geologie des Bergbaus an der
University of Adelaide und Professor Emeritus für Earth Science an der University of Melbourne (beide Australien),
wo er von 1992 bis 2005 Vorsitzender und Leiter war. Er war Professor für Geologie and der University of Newcastle
und ist Honorary Fellow der Geological Society (London), Fellow der Australasian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering und zahlreicher anderer wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen. Plimer hat 130 wissenschaftliche
Aufsätze und 7 Bücher für nicht-akademische Leser geschrieben, worunter vier Bestseller waren. Das jüngste
erschien mit dem Titel: Heaven and Earth: Global Warming -The Missing Science.

Prof. Dr. Vincent E. Courtillot ist Professor of Geophysics an der Universität von Paris (Denis-Diderot) und
Direktor des Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. Courtillot hat in Stanford, der UC Santa Barbara und Caltech
gelehrt und besitzt Abschlüsse der École des mines de Paris, Stanford University, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
und Université Paris Diderot. Seine Forschung befasst sich mit dem Magnetfeld der Erde, der Plattentektonik, der
Geodynamik der Erde, dem starken Vulkanismus, dem Artensterben und in jüngerer Zeit auch dem Klimawandel (Er
und seine Kollegen sehen einen starken Zusammenhang zwischen Klima und Schwankungen der Sonnenaktivität). Er
hat über 200 Aufsätze und zwei Bücher geschrieben: 1999 „Catastrophes in Earth’s History: the science of mass
extinction” (Cambridge University Press) und 2009 “New Voyage to the Center of the Earth. Er ist Fellow der
American Geophysical Union, der Royal Astronomical Society, Mitglied der Academia Europaea und der French and
Chinese Academy of Sciences. Er hält zahlreiche Auszeichnungen des CNRS und der französischen Académie des
Sciences. Er ist Gründungsmitglied und früherer Präsident der European Union of Geosciences. Als Direktor und
Besonderer Berater des französischen Ministers für Bildung, Forschung und Technologie hatte er die Aufsicht über
französische Forschungseinrichtungen, der Forschungsfinanzierung und dem Graduiertenstudium an französischen
Universitäten.

Dr. Henrik Svensmark ist Direktor des Centre for Sun-Climate Research des Danish National Space Center
(DNSC). Er war 1988 bis 1993 an der University of California, Berkeley, am Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics
und am Niels-Bohr-Institut tätig, anschließend arbeitete er am Dänischen Meteorologischen Institut. Svensmark
wurde zusammen mit Eigil Friis-Christensen 1997 durch ihre Arbeiten zu einem Zusammenhang zwischen
Kosmischer Strahlung und Klimawandel bekannt, sie stellten dies als Kosmoklimatologie vor. Svensmark untersuchte
den Zusammenhang zwischen Kosmischen Strahlen und Wolkenbildung in der unteren Atmosphäre sowie zwischen
Sonnenaktivität und Kosmischer Strahlung. In beiden Fällen sieht er teilweise überlappende Zusammenhänge fest. Im
Falle der Sonnenflecken war dies bereits früher vermutet worden, so bereits von Wilhelm Herschel anhand des Maunderminimums
und deren Parallelität zur Kleinen Eiszeit im 17. Jahrh.

Dr. Terence Kealey ist seit 2001 Vice-Chancellor der University of Buckingham. Kealey studierte klinische
Biochemie an der Bart’s Hospital Medical School, London. Im Anschluss daran promovierte er an der Oxford
University, wo er zuvor als Medical Research Council Training Fellow und später in Clinical Science als Wellcome

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Senior Research Fellow arbeitete. Nach vier Jahren in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wechselte er zur Cambridge University
und lehrte für 13 Jahre im Department of Clinical Biochemistry bevor er zur University of Buckingham wechselte.
Als klinischer Biochemiker hat er auf dem Gebiet der experimentellen Dermatologie und weiteren Bereiche der
Hautzellenbiologie geforscht. Kealey hat 45 peer-reviewed Aufsätze und ca. 35 Wissenschaftliche Reviews, die auch
peer-reviewed wurden, verfasst. Seine Forschung wurde vom Staat, gemeinnützigen Organisationen und der
Wirtschaft unterstützt. Und es war während seiner Forschung als er entdeckte wie verfälschend staatliche
Unterstützung wirken kann. 1996 veröffentlichte er sein erstes Buch über The Economic Laws of Scientific Research
in dem er ausführte, dass – entgegen dem landläufigen Mythos – der Staat keine Forschung zu finanzieren braucht. In
seinem zweiten Buch Sex, Science and Profits (2008) führt er aus, dass die Forschung kein öffentliches sondern ein
privates Gut ist. Es Kealeys ist Engagement für die Unabhängigkeit der Wissenschaft und Lehre, das die University
of Buckingham 2001 bewogen ihn Vice-Chancellor zu berufen.

Prof. Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke, Jahrgang 1943, ist Diplomphysiker und war in der kernphysikalischen
Forschung tätig. Nach mehrjähriger Industrietätigkeit, dort mit der Erstellung numerischer Computermodelle für
Chemie-Anlagen und für Strömungsvorgänge in Pipelines und Versorgungsrohrnetzen befasst und Autor zahlreicher
Fachveröffentlichungen, wurde er Professor für Informatik an der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des
Saarlandes. Er ist (mit Prof. Horlacher, Univ. Dresden) Autor des deutschsprachigen Standardwerks “Strömungsberechnung
für Rohrsysteme“ und hat das Buch “CO2 und Klimaschutz, Bouvier-Verlag” verfasst. Als
Mitglied von EIKE übt er die Funktion des Pressesprechers für Wissenschaft und Technik aus.

Michael Limburg Jg. 1940, absolvierte ein Ingenieurstudium der Elektrotechnik mit dem Schwerpunkt
Telekommunikation und arbeitete mehrere Jahre in der Forschungs-und Entwicklungsabteilung eines großen
deutschen Unternehmens. Danach wirkte er in leitenden Positionen bei einem amerikanischen Hersteller von
Systemen der Mess-und Regeltechnik. In diese Zeit fällt auch die Anmeldung und Erteilung einiger Patente. Seit
Mitte der siebziger Jahre arbeitete er in leitenden Positionen in der Druckindustrie. Aus der Perspektive eines
naturwissenschaftlich und mathematisch geschulten Mess-& Regelungstechnikers beschäftigt er sich seit 2001 mit
Fragen der globalen Erwärmung und der daraus abgeleiteten Politik. Hieraus resultierte seine Mitwirkung einem
größeren Forschungsprojekt und im neu gegründeten Europäischen Institut für Klima und Energie (EIKE), dessen
Vizepräsident für Wirtschaft, Medien und Politik er ist. Limburg lebt und arbeitet in Potsdam.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Ameling war bis 2008 Präsident der Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl und Vorsitzender des Stahlinstitut
VDEh.
Nach seinem Abitur 1961 studierte Ameling Metallurgie und Werkstoffwissenschaften an der Technischen
Universität Clausthal und promovierte 1971 mit der Arbeit Untersuchungen im Sechsstoffsystem CaO -FeOn -MgO -
MnOn -P2O5 [PO] -SiO2 bei 1600° C im Gleichgewicht mit Eisen an der TU Clausthal zum Dr.-Ing. 1974 wurde er
Stahlwerkschef der Hamburger Stahlwerke und wechselte 1981 zunächst zur Thyssen Niederrhein AG Oberhausen
und Hochfeld als Betriebsdirektor und Werksleiter und 1985 als Direktor und Leiter der Betriebswirtschaft zur
Thyssen Stahl AG. 1991 wurde er Vorstandsmitglied der Saarstahl AG. Von 1994 bis 1998 war er Vorsitzender der
Geschäftsführung der Krupp VDM GmbH. Die TU Clausthal ernannte ihn 1997 zum Honorarprofessor. 1998 wurde
Ameling Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied des Vereins Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute (VDEh), dem heutigen
Stahlinstitut VDEh, und 2000 Präsident der Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl in Düsseldorf sowie Vorsitzender des
Stahlinstituts VDEh. Er führte beide Gemeinschaftsorganisationen unter dem Dach des Stahl-Zentrums. Zeitgleich
wurde er Präsidiumsmitglied des Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie (BDI). Seit 2007 ist er Mitglied des
Senats von acatech -Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, München/Berlin. Nach dem Ausscheiden aus seinen
Ämtern im Stahl-Zentrum ist er als Industrieberater u. a. auch für ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe aktiv.

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Dr. Lutz Peters ist Unternehmer und Autor in Hamburg. Nach seinem Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre in St.
Gallen und Berlin promovierte er in Freiburg zum Dr. rer. pol. Peters ist seit 1974 Geschäftsführer und später
geschäftsführender Gesellschafter Schwartauer Werke, Bad Schwartau und heute persönlich haftender Gesellschafter.
Nach der Übernahme von Hero in der Schweiz war er bis 2002 Vorsitzender der Konzernleitung und wechselte
danach in den Verwaltungsrat. Daneben hält er weitere Aufsichtsrat-Mandate: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats der L.
Possehl & Co. GmbH, Lübeck, Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats der Choren Industries GmbH, Freiberg, Sachsen, sowie der
Hanse Chemie und Nanoresins AG, Geesthacht. Peters ist Mitglied der Kuratorien des Liberalen Netzwerks und der
Stiftung Marktwirtschaft.

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…or maybe don’t.

As fun as you can have, in the company of all sorts of people, there  is something depressing over these climate conferences. Delegates looking serious while spending other people’s money on down-right dangerous schemes, young people, who ought to be either in school, or out partying, or protesting the real injustices in this world, standing outside telling the lunch-eaters to spend more. Often financed by government. The police working overtime, and those fringe groups who travel around the world just in order to pick a fight with the former. A sort of holiday, I presume, like inter-railing or camping. Most of these elements, both in Copenhagen and at the recent G8/G20 summit, would probably go to the international congress of scrapbookers, if it meant they could get into trouble – and media – along the way.

In Cancun, the drug war is dragging on, with recent victims in the shootings. The hurricane season has just started, and will probably end right in time for the summit. If the so called world leaders decide, which is most likely, to both turn up and to help spread climate hysteria during the months to come, this will – just as in Copenhagen – make life really difficult for the local population.

But maybe that is just as well. Far from wishing anyone any harm, I am somehow looking forward to the next debacle. On a side note, one of the key players, the European Union, got their new presidency today. It’s Belgium, and Belgium currently has no government, since the recent elections.

I keep telling myself, it’ll be fun. At least to see the naked emperor walking down the streets of Cancun.

Tremendous news: but where are the jobs and how much do they cost ?

At a conference organized recently by the Heartland Institute, our colleagues at the young Juan de Mariana Institute of Spain produced a devastating presentation of the green “bubble” economy, showing not only the true cost of renewable energy subsidies, but also how this hugely destructive policy is putting existing forms of energy at unsustainable risks.

As Gabriel Calzada put it, “where is the green worker?”  At the outset, workers are of course busily installing wind farms, solar panels and so on. In fact, some 60 per cent of jobs are dealing with the installation of such equipment.  The Spanish government boasted the creation of some 50,000 new jobs in 2008.  Yes, but each of them cost more than 500,000 euros (to be renewed ?).

The study produced by Juan de Mariana Institute showed that subsidies awarded to “green” technologies represented twice the electricity bill in 2008. In terms of unitary costs, these were more than three times as expensive as other energy sources.

Also, it turned out that Spanish solar panels were so efficient that they generated current even during the night. Claro que si ! Kudos to Gabriel and his colleagues for revealing these and other scams. Porqué pagar más ?

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