2008 International Conference on Climate Change
Hundreds of respected scientists from fields as diverse as economics to the physical sciences attended the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, sponsored by The Heartland Institute. Held at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square March 2nd though March 4th, 2008, climate change skeptics presented their research through different tracks available to talk attendees, including: paleoclimatology, climatology, climate change impacts, climate change economics, and climate change politics. These global warming skeptics offered up their scientific responses to the climate change evidence and predictions from the likes of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth. Notable speakers included Lord Christopher Monckton, former adviser to PM Margaret Thatcher, and ABC’s 20/20 correspondent John Stossel.
As a website created to promote dialogue and thought about both the science behind global warming and the implication of policies, theclimatebet.com reports on several of the talks and panels for our readers.
These include:
March 3rd, 2008
Track 3: Climate Change Impacts (8:45-10:15am)
● Dennis T. Avery
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
The Unintended Consequences of Biofuels as a Global Warming ‘Solution’
● S. Fred Singer, Ph.D
President
Science and Environmental Policy Project
The Catastrophic Impact of Global Warming Fears on Energy Policy
● J. Scott Armstrong, Ph.D
Professor, Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Climate Models
Track 1: Paleoclimatology (10:30-12:00pm)
● Willie Soon, Ph.D
Chief Science Advisor
Science and Public Policy Institute
An Overview of Global Warming Science
● Howard Hayden
Professor of Physics Emeritus
University of Connecticut, U.S.
The Overstated Role of Carbon Dioxide on Climate Change
● Craig Loehle, Ph.D.
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Detection of a 1,500-year Periodicity in a Multiproxy Climate Reconstruction
Track 4: Climate Change Economics (2:15-3:45pm)
Moderator: Ralph Conner
Local Legislation Manager
The Heartland Institute
● Roy Innis
National Chairman and CEO
Congress of Racial Equality
Defending Civil Rights: Proposed Climate Change Prevention Laws Would Roll Back Civil Rights Progress
● Thomas Tanton
Fellow in Environmental Studies
Pacific Research Institute
Lessons Learned from the California Experience
● Ann McElhinney
Director and Producer
Not Evil, Just Wrong
The Real Politics Behind Global Warming: The Redistribution of Wealth
Track 2: Climatology (4:00-5:30pm)
● Kesten C. Green, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Business and Economic Forecasting Unit
Monash University, Australia
Scientific Forecasting and Climate Change
● Anthony Watts
Chief Meteorologist, KPAY-AM Radio
Founder, SurfaceStations.org
A Hands-On Study of Station Siting and Data Quality Issues for the United States Historical Climatology Network
