Media Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LORD MONCKTON MELBOURNE PRESENTATIONS TODAY
Lord Christopher Monckton, former advisor to Margaret Thatcher, continues
his speaking tour of
Australia on issues of climate and emissions trading in Melbourne today at 12.30pm, hosted by the
Institute of Private Enterprise and the Australian Climate Science Coalition.
At 5.30pm Lord Monckton, accompanied by Professor Ian Plimer, will give a public lecture at the
Sofitel Hotel in Collins Street before heading to Canberra and Perth. The tour is being funded by
two semi-retired engineers from Noosa, Case Smit and John Smeed, as well as by public donation.
Max Rheese, executive director of the ACSC said today “It is important for Australians to hear both
sides of the global warming debate and Lord Monckton’s perspective is very different from that of
the IPCC.”
“Given the importance of basing public policy on evidence, rather than beliefs, we need to be
certain of the science behind the theory that man-made carbon dioxide is responsible for climate
change and to be very sceptical of computer-modelled scenarios of catastrophe.”
“Recent polling by Roy Morgan Research shows our view is shared by a majority of the Australian
public. This poll showed for the first time,
fewer than half of Australians now support the
introduction of an emissions trading scheme in the belief that it will stop climate change.”
“Further polling and analysis commissioned by ACSC and due for release later this week will
reinforce these findings.”
“ACSC
has been opposed to the emissions trading
legislation
from its inception on the basis it
would have no measurable effect on the climate, or on temperature, or the environment. Nor
would it provide a foundation for a much-needed evidence-based climate policy on real issues
concerning Australians now, like drought, floods, cyclones and bushfires” concluded Mr Rheese.
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Roy Morgan poll
ACSC Executive Director: Max Rheese 0428 621320 Email: info@auscsc.org.au
The Australian Climate Science Coalition, is an affiliate of
the International Climate Science
Coalition
and was formed by a group
of scientists and professional people interested in
encouraging continued scientific research into the world’s climate and in particular into the effects
of increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The mission of the ACSC
is to
promote open scientific debate on the causes of climate change.
ACSC is an apolitical, not for
February 1st 2010
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