David Farrar: 777 international flights for climate emergency councils!

Andrea Vance reports:

Councils declaring a climate emergency have collectively spent more than $1.26 million on international flights — racking up 777 trips, many to Europe and Asia.

Auckland Council leads the pack, spending $354,928.78 on 128 flights.

Hannes Sarv: Global Warming is Mostly Caused By the Sun, Not Humans, Says Astrophysics Professor

“There’s no such thing as a scientific consensus,” Nir Shaviv, a Professor at the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says in response to a question about what he thinks of the widespread claim that there is a scientific consensus on the anthropogenic nature of climate change. “In science, we deal with open questions and I think that the question of climate change is an open question. There are a lot of things which many scientists are still arguing about,” he explains.

Kerre Woodham: Give me pragmatism over idealism any day

The Government is no longer on track to meet its third emissions budget according to projections, and unless we meet those Paris commitments, billions of dollars could be sent offshore to pay for international climate mitigation. We failed to meet our budget. We failed to complete the plan and therefore we will be punished. Very bad news.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Does the Prime Minister really need two planes?

Look, I’m not upset about the cost of taking those two planes on that diplomatic trip to China.

Of course, $150,000 on fuel for the backup plane is a lot of money, it’s not a great spend. But the alternative is spending up to $6 million on buying a new plane. Which is what we actually need to do, but until we do that, we’re probably going to have a bunch of these costs.

No, my problem is the climate miles.

Stuart Smith: Local Governments’ Natural Hazard Information Based on Inaccurate Model

Great news! COP 27 confirmed at their recent conference in Egypt that the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expects the global temperature to increase by only 2.5 0C by 2100.

Not such great news is that the IPPC’s former prediction of a 5 oC increase, which triggered some – including our Prime Minister – to declare a ‘Climate Emergency’, was based on a model that has proven simply implausible.

Derek Mackie: "Climate Emergency", starring Jacinda Ardern - a tale of disaster, despair and loss!

Back in December 2020, New Zealand declared a climate emergency. Lots of other Western governments had already beaten us to it and decided things were so bad, climate-wise, that a new level of alarm was required to shake the public out of their stupor and make us appreciate the grave danger we are all in. The fact NZ waited so long before joining the club suggests that we were somehow sheltered from the worst effects of the climate crisis but now it was starting to hit home. 

 Most members of the public who watch the weather forecast, then step outside to see what’s really happening that day, would have been forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about. Things seemed just the same as last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. There are certainly no signs of apocalyptic changes brewing in our atmosphere. 

 Anyway, what do we know? There must be lots of bad stuff happening in the background which is set to hit us next year, otherwise why would all these scientists and politicians be getting so worried. The media are certainly on board, bombarding us with claims of worsening weather patterns and extreme weather events. Surely, the comprehensive climate data collected over the past century would support the alarmist narrative and clearly demonstrate the imminent calamity. 

 Mmmm...it appears not! [1]