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A contentious live global warming debate took place in Copenhagen on UK's Sky News TV on December 12 between
Professor Mark Maslin of the University College London and Climate Depot's Marc Morano.
During the debate, Professor Maslin erroneously asserted there are “5000 leading climate scientists” with the UN IPCC to support the claims of man-made climate fears. “None of the science has been actually changed. If you look at the [UN] IPCC report, 5000 leading climate scientists put together all the leading science together,” Maslin stated. [Professor's Maslin's email is:
m.maslin@geog.ucl.ac.uk ]
Climate Depot's Morano countered: “Your idea that [there are] 5000 UN scientists – you need to apologize and retract that immediately. The biggest number you can come up with
if you include [UN bureaucrats] and delegates is 2800.”
Professor Maslin, of the Department of Geography, interjected “Oh, absolute rubbish.” [
Editor's Note: Maslin also recently debated MIT climate scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen and Maslin claimed in this video clip that “There are very few (skeptics) and none are actually credible.”]
A frustrated Maslin also claimed that “every single intelligent person” listens to UN scientists and accepts that man-made global warming is a serious problem.
“I have been having this debate for the last 20 years, the key is that every single intelligent person, every key politician in the world, listens to the key scientists, they actually look at the data,” Maslin said. [
Editor's Note: Perhaps Professor Maslin is guilty of this: MIT Climate Scientist: 'Ordinary people see through man-made climate fears -- but educated people are very vulnerable' - July 6, 2009]
Morano responded: Matt [anchor of Sky News TV], check out the claim of 5000 UN scientists -- that is a bald face -- error. The professor needs to retract it. There is no 5000 [UN IPCC climate scientists]. And interestingly a few days ago [Professor Maslin] said 4000 [UN scientists]. Why not just say 100,000? You gave it away sir when you said 'key scientists'.
It is a small cadre,
only 52 UN scientists signed (a reference to the only 52 scientists who authored the media hyped 2007 IPCC Summary for Policymakers).
Peer-reviewed studies are showing the [man-made climate] scare is ending.
[Editor's Note:
UN IPCC Chair Pachauri Only Claims HUNDREDS of UN IPCC Scientists?: 'The body of evidence is the result of the careful and painstaking work of hundreds of scientists worldwide' – December 8, 2009
Reality Check: Only 60 UN experts 'explicitly supported the claim made by the IPCC that global warming represents a threat to the planet'
Numbers racket: 'Remove the duplications and the total number of UN authors plus reviewers drops from 3,750 to 2,890' – Nov. 16, 2009 – National Post
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Claims 2500 scientists
Don't Miss this Report about UN IPCC Scientists Attacking IPCC's Credibility and Ethics]
Professor Maslin did not respond to Morano's call for an immediate withdrawal and apology.
Maslin then lashed out at Morano. “Your ideas on the science are wrong, are completely false. You are actually spinning,” Maslin said.
Morano countered: “There are two appeals Professor Maslin has: Appeal to authority -- the UN -- which
Climategate thankfully has exposed. And climate model 'scares' of what 'could,' 'might, 'may' happen, based on
speculative models which again
violate the basic principles of forecasting, according to top forecasting experts.”
Professor Maslin also claimed “the science is very strong.” “If you're Bangladesh and you are faced within the next 50 years of losing 20 percent of your country -- imagine losing 20% of the whole of the US due to climate change,” Maslin asserted.
Morano countered, offering a head on rebuttal to Maslin's claims.
“What professor Maslin is arguing is that these climate models should scare everyone. The climate models – which violate
71 (actually 72) out of 89 principles of forecasting according to the experts. Climate models that the
UN says are not 'predictions', but merely 'emission scenarios'. Climate
models that are used to
fulfill a political narrative when
real world data is failing,” Morano said. (See:
Ivy League forecasting pioneer Dr. Scott Armstrong “Of 89 principles [of forecasting], the UN IPCC violated 72.” – January 28, 2009)
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