'This is a very obvious attempt to create a fake controversy'
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), established by
notable climate-change sceptic Lord Lawson, announced an international team of
“eminent climatologists, physicists and statisticians” would investigate the
reliability of the current data.
Professor Terence Kealey, the former vice-chancellor of the
University of Buckingham, has been appointed chair of the international
temperature data review project.
Professor Kealey studied medicine at Oxford University before
lecturing on clinical biochemistry, which is primarily concerned with the
analysis of bodily fluids, at Cambridge University. It is unclear what
experience he has in the field of climate change.
The other five commissioners of the data review project: Petr
Chylek, Richard McNider, Roman Mureika, Roger A Pielke Sr and William van
Winjngaarden are all associated with North American universities.
According to the GWPF, questions have been raised about the
reliability of temperature data and the extent to which recordings may have been
adjusted after they were collected.
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The group claims the inquiry will “review the technical
challenges in accurately measuring surface temperature, and will assess the
extent of adjustments to the data, their integrity and whether they tend to
increase or decrease the warming trend”.
On launching the inquiry Professor Kealey said: “Many people
have found the extent of adjustments to the data surprising. While we believe
that the 20th century warming is real, we are concerned by claims that the
actual trend is different from – or less certain than – has been suggested.”
Bob Ward, policy and research director at the Grantham
Institute of climate change and the environment, told The Independent:
“I think this is a very obvious attempt to create a fake controversy over the
global temperature record ahead of the [UN Climate Change] Paris summit.
“The only purpose of this review is to cast doubt on the
science. It is a political move, not a serious scientific one.”
The GWPF has previously been
subject to complaints that it has misled the public over climate
change and used factually inaccurate material “as part of its campaign against
climate policies in the UK and overseas”.
Former chancellor, Lord Lawson, set up the GWPF in 2009. His
book on the subject of climate change, titled An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look
at Global Warming, was labelled “misleading” by Sir John Houghton, a former
co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
While Bob Watson, another former head of the IPCC, said that
Lord Lawson did not understand “the current scientific and economic
debate”.
Source: Independent
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), established by
notable climate-change sceptic Lord Lawson, announced an international team of
“eminent climatologists, physicists and statisticians” would investigate the
reliability of the current data.
Professor Terence Kealey, the former vice-chancellor of the
University of Buckingham, has been appointed chair of the international
temperature data review project.
Professor Kealey studied medicine at Oxford University before
lecturing on clinical biochemistry, which is primarily concerned with the
analysis of bodily fluids, at Cambridge University. It is unclear what
experience he has in the field of climate change.
The other five commissioners of the data review project: Petr
Chylek, Richard McNider, Roman Mureika, Roger A Pielke Sr and William van
Winjngaarden are all associated with North American universities.
According to the GWPF, questions have been raised about the
reliability of temperature data and the extent to which recordings may have been
adjusted after they were collected.
Loading gallery
The group claims the inquiry will “review the technical
challenges in accurately measuring surface temperature, and will assess the
extent of adjustments to the data, their integrity and whether they tend to
increase or decrease the warming trend”.
On launching the inquiry Professor Kealey said: “Many people
have found the extent of adjustments to the data surprising. While we believe
that the 20th century warming is real, we are concerned by claims that the
actual trend is different from – or less certain than – has been suggested.”
Bob Ward, policy and research director at the Grantham
Institute of climate change and the environment, told The Independent:
“I think this is a very obvious attempt to create a fake controversy over the
global temperature record ahead of the [UN Climate Change] Paris summit.
“The only purpose of this review is to cast doubt on the
science. It is a political move, not a serious scientific one.”
The GWPF has previously been
subject to complaints that it has misled the public over climate
change and used factually inaccurate material “as part of its campaign against
climate policies in the UK and overseas”.
Former chancellor, Lord Lawson, set up the GWPF in 2009. His
book on the subject of climate change, titled An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look
at Global Warming, was labelled “misleading” by Sir John Houghton, a former
co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
While Bob Watson, another former head of the IPCC, said that
Lord Lawson did not understand “the current scientific and economic
debate”.
Source: Independent
Source: Independent
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