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By Professor Ian Lowe

CHRISTOPHER Monckton was paid handsomely to share with us his strange views about climate change in Noosa on Saturday.

He has no scientific background.

Like any citizen, he is entitled to ask probing questions about climate change and expect clear, honest answers.

But he is not qualified to pronounce on climate science.

He was quoted in this paper as saying that “the truth is” that there has been no g

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It has been an intense two days of to-ing and fro-ing in Copenhagen. I’m writing this at 4pm on Saturday and it began at 10am on Friday.

Sadly there were only 50 representatives from environment and development groups allowed inside the building as security clamped down for the arrival of world leaders. So we set up a nerve centre in the lobby of our hotel to share information.

The first thing I saw on Friday morning lifted my spirits – the great photos from Federation Square where hundreds ha… Continue

Bells of hope ring out for climate deal - get to FED SQ 1PM TOMORROW 4 VIGIL before COP15 ends.

SPREAD THE WORD PLEASE!!!

My day started with a breakfast meeting where Kevin Rudd explained to many of the Aussies in town what he hopes to achieve.

Inside the COP, working groups had been grinding away on draft text until 6am, only for the Danish Prime Minister to take over chairing the meeting and announce that he would be producing a new text.

Delegates from China and the developing world objected strenuously. The chair reminded them that the world was expecting the conference to make real progress to slow climate… Continue

The protests that have been a feature of Copenhagen this past week have gone up a notch.

Police have fired tear gas at protesters on the streets of the Danish capital, more than 100 climate activists were arrested for trying to break into the talks and hundreds more were detained following clashes outside the conference centre.

ACF’s Climate Change Program Manager Tony Mohr and I were sitting at a counter in the front window of the Cabinn Metro hotel, 10 minutes walk from the conference centre… Continue