Monthly Archives: December 2023

by Judith Curry

Happy New Year everyone!

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by Nicola Scafetta

My new paper  demonstrates that realistic emissions scenarios and climate sensitivity values & scenarios of natural climate variability produce more realistic, non-alarming scenarios of 21st century climate.

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by Ross McKitrick

I have a new paper in the peer-reviewed journal Environmetrics discussing biases in the “optimal fingerprinting” method which climate scientists use to attribute climatic changes to greenhouse gas emissions. This is the third in my series of papers on flaws in standard fingerprinting methods: blog posts on the first two are here and here.

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by Judith Curry

2023 was a banner year for the publication of interesting climate-related books.  Some excellent books for Xmas stockings, providing scientific insights, policy sanity and optimism for the 21st century.

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by Javier Vinós

Alan Longhurst died last December 7^th in the hospital of Figeac in Occitanie (France), where he had been admitted a few days earlier following a fall in nearby Cajarc, the small town where he lived.

Alan has authored numerous posts at Climate Etc. and is also author of the book Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science. 

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by Judith Curry

“Working in global energy and development, I often hear people say, ‘Because of climate, we just can’t afford for everyone to live our lifestyles.’ That viewpoint is worse than patronizing. It’s a form of racism, and it’s creating a two-tier global energy system, with energy abundance for the rich and tiny solar lamps for Africans.” – Kenyan activist and materials scientist Rose Mutiso

“To deny the developing world access to the very infrastructure that has propelled us forward, all in the name of an uncertain future, is not environmentalism, but neocolonialism masquerading as virtue.” – Earth Scientist Matthew Wielicki

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