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In reply to the discussion: 'Horrible' Sea Level Rise Of More Than 3 Feet Plausible By 2100, Experts Say - NBC [View all]mahina
(17,646 posts)28. Monkton sounds legit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/07/doha-climate-talks-ukip-lord-monckton
"The former deputy leader of Ukip, Lord Monckton, has been ejected from the Doha climate change talks and permanently banned after impersonating a delegate from Burma on the conference floor. At one of the sessions, Monckton assumed the seat for Burma in place of the real delegate, and addressed the hall from his microphone. He spoke for nearly a minute, before being escorted out.
He was ejected from the conference centre, had his badge revoked, and is thought to have left the country. The UN later confirmed he had been permanently barred from future rounds of the talks. Monckton did not respond to requests for comment by the Guardian.
Monckton told the conference: "In the 16 years we have been coming to these conferences, there has been no global warming at all. If we were to take action, the cost of that would be many times greater than the cost of taking adaptation measures later. So my recommendation is that we should initiate a review of the science to make sure we are all on the right track."
He was booed and heckled by other delegates. Although Monckton is not ethnically Burmese, many small developing countries have advisers from other countries, so his appearance in the hall dressed in a business suit would not have raised suspicions. Earlier, Monckton had been seen dressed in a traditional Arab attire while distributing leaflets on his climate sceptic views...."
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"The former deputy leader of Ukip, Lord Monckton, has been ejected from the Doha climate change talks and permanently banned after impersonating a delegate from Burma on the conference floor. At one of the sessions, Monckton assumed the seat for Burma in place of the real delegate, and addressed the hall from his microphone. He spoke for nearly a minute, before being escorted out.
He was ejected from the conference centre, had his badge revoked, and is thought to have left the country. The UN later confirmed he had been permanently barred from future rounds of the talks. Monckton did not respond to requests for comment by the Guardian.
Monckton told the conference: "In the 16 years we have been coming to these conferences, there has been no global warming at all. If we were to take action, the cost of that would be many times greater than the cost of taking adaptation measures later. So my recommendation is that we should initiate a review of the science to make sure we are all on the right track."
He was booed and heckled by other delegates. Although Monckton is not ethnically Burmese, many small developing countries have advisers from other countries, so his appearance in the hall dressed in a business suit would not have raised suspicions. Earlier, Monckton had been seen dressed in a traditional Arab attire while distributing leaflets on his climate sceptic views...."
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'Horrible' Sea Level Rise Of More Than 3 Feet Plausible By 2100, Experts Say - NBC [View all]
WillyT
Jan 2013
OP
hover-crafts are so 90s, you might as well wear paisley. I'm going stealth drone!
nilram
Jan 2013
#27
Yup...I agree...every dire prediction has had to be revised to a nearer date..
truebrit71
Jan 2013
#38
According to some we are looking at an ice free summer arctic by 2015...not the next 15 years
truebrit71
Jan 2013
#65
This summer all the continental shelf area was open; but will the deep arctic area thaw as fast?
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#68
Peter Wadhams is the only person I know of that has pegged 2015 as the year.
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#74
maybe we'll call a meeting to discuss how to develop a plan to hold a summit to convene the leading
stuntcat
Jan 2013
#10
Yeah... The Part That Is Sittting On The Seabed Will Not Cause Sea Levels To Rise, But...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#22
The ice sitting on the seabed will cause the ocean to rise if it melts, since its not floating.
HooptieWagon
Jan 2013
#32
(a) HooptieWagon said that ice on land would raise sea level when it melts
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#84
While it can't have the really big effects of land ice melting, it could still be significant
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#78
Given that there are already areas that need to rebuild 18 feet higher, does 3 more make a differenc
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#12
What matters is how high the water gets - tides, surge, waves and sea level rise combined
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#44
What a bunch of hand waving! No data on damages, cost of mitigation, cost of barriers, cost of moves
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#61
Frequency of Sandy-like flooding will depend on the weather; Bangladesh is screwed in any case.
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#64
South of Great Egg Harbor, everything east of the Garden State Parkway is in a FEMA flood zone
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#58
when it happens within 5 years then they'll say the models weren't good enough
lunatica
Jan 2013
#37
Are you really saying that Antartica's only been the way it is for 1,000 years?
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#83
How about a little entertainment on the topic, as we wait before the deluge...
DreamGypsy
Jan 2013
#105