Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global ...

University, Warwick Hughes, a New Zealand earth scientist living in Pert; and Roger
Dewhurst, of Katikati, a consulting environmental geologist and hydrogeologist.
The seven "pillars of wisdom" are:
1. Over the past few thousand years, the climate in many parts of the world has been
warmer and cooler than it is now. Civilizations and cultures flourished in the warmer
periods.
2. A major driver of climate change is variability in solar effects, such as sunspot cycles,
the sun's magnetic field and solar particles.
These may account in great part for climate change during the past century. Evidence
suggests warming involving increased carbon dioxide exerts only a minor influence.
3. Since 1998, global temperature has not increased. Projection of solar cycles suggests that
cooling could set in and continue to about 2030.
4. Most recent climate and weather events are not unusual; they occur regularly.
For example, in the 1930s the Arctic experienced higher temperatures and had less ice than
now.
5. Stories of impending climate disaster are based almost entirely on global climate models.
Not one of these models has shown that it can reliably predict future climate.
6. The Kyoto Protocol, if fully implemented, would make no measurable difference to
world temperatures.
The trillions of dollars that it will cost would be far better spent on solving known
problems such as the provision of clean water, reducing air pollution, and fighting malaria
and Aids.
7. Climate is constantly changing and the future will include coolings, warmings, floods,
droughts, and storms.
The best policy is to make sure we have in place disaster response plans that can deal with
weather extremes and can react adaptively to longer-term climate cooling and warming
trends. (LINK)
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Emeritus Professor Lance Endersbee, a former dean of engineering and pro-vice
chancellor at Monash University, accused the scientific leaders of trying to stifle debate
over the causes of climate change. (LINK) According to a April 5, 2007 article in the
Sydney Morning Herald, Professor Endersbee says it is highly probable that increased
electromagnetic radiation of the sun is behind global warming. "There are several
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