Climate Change Is Real Says the British Governments Chief Scientific Advisor

Climate change is happening, beyond any reasonable doubt says David King, the British governments chief scientific advisor. It is the most serious and potentially catastrophic problem that we face today.

(PRWEB) May 12, 2005 -- Professor Sir David King makes his comments as part of the worlds first truly global high quality debate on the politics of climate change.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/entry_points/climatechange.jsp

Sir David writes that there is no scientific debate around the fundamentals of climate change, only a false image in the worlds media. There is also an issue that some, including some politicians, simply do not want to hear the evidence, regarding the implications as just too unpalatable (and politically unpopular) to be faced".    

The debate, introduced by best selling and globally acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan, includes voices and views from across the world, including green" Republicans in the United States activists and politicians in China, India, Brazil, and those who have been at the centre of political struggles. It combines top quality intellectual engagement with easy accessibility, plus unique features such as photographs, poems, soundscapes, news from the cutting edge of science and much more.
The British government has promised leadership on climate change at the forthcoming summit of the leaders of the G8 (richest industrial nations plus Russia) and during its presidency of the European Union. But is Tony Blairs government, safely back in power, all talk and no action, ready to back down from its words at the slightest hint from powerful vested interests allies?

Read more:
A space for climate change sceptics: response to David King. As long as science is uncertain about the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earths atmosphere, the public are justified in keeping an open mind, says Benny Peiser.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-6-129-2490.jsp
What to do about climate change? British activists debate the impacts of climate change.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-6-129-2476.jsp

Join the debate at
http://www.opendemocracy.net/entry_points/climatechange.jsp

The openDemocracy debate on the politics of climate change is produced by openDemocracy.net, the London-based project for global open politics, in collaboration with the British Council.

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