Global Elites Take Private Jets, Yachts to Climate Summit

[BeatMan]

The great and the good from the worlds of business, finance, politics, entertainment, and European royalty have descended on the Sicilian seaside for a billionaire’s-only party dubbed Google Summer Camp.
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have invited a who’s who of A-list names — including former President Barack Obama, Prince Harry, Leonardo DiCaprio and Katy Perry (to name a few) – to their annual deluxe climate chat, according to the New York Post, each and every one charged with the responsibility of helping the rest of humanity find ways of fighting climate change.

Traditionally held every year at the end of July, the famed Verdura Resort hosts the top-secret gathering, with the three-day summer camp costing the tech giant some $20 million, sources told the Post.

Many of the guests, including Obama and DiCaprio — who has his own climate change foundation — have described global warming as the biggest threat to future generations.

Bloomberg reports numerous yachts are currently moored off the beach at Verdura Resort having discharged their passengers; German pharmaceutical titan Udo J. Vetter’s sailing yacht Aquarius, Barry Diller and Diane Von Furstenberg’s sailing yacht EOS, Graeme Hart’s yacht Ulysses with others en route including David Geffen’s yacht Rising Sun, Google’s Eric Schmidt’s yacht Infinity and its support vessel Intrepid, among them.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...take-to-the-sea-skies-for-more-climate-talks/

 

[Johan]

These people are hypocrites. Don't listen to them.
Listen to scientists, who, by the way, fly commercial

'No doubt left' about scientific consensus on global warming, say experts


Extensive historical data shows recent extreme warming is unprecedented in past 2,000 years

The scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming is likely to have passed 99%, according to the lead author of the most authoritative study on the subject, and could rise further after separate research that clears up some of the remaining doubts.

Three studies published in Nature and Nature Geoscience use extensive historical data to show there has never been a period in the last 2,000 years when temperature changes have been as fast and extensive as in recent decades.
It had previously been thought that similarly dramatic peaks and troughs might have occurred in the past, including in periods dubbed the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Climate Anomaly. But the three studies use reconstructions based on 700 proxy records of temperature change, such as trees, ice and sediment, from all continents that indicate none of these shifts took place in more than half the globe at any one time.
The Little Ice Age, for example, reached its extreme point in the 15th century in the Pacific Ocean, the 17th century in Europe and the 19th century elsewhere, says one of the studies. This localisation is markedly different from the trend since the late 20th century when records are being broken year after year over almost the entire globe, including this summer’s European heatwave.

Major temperature shifts in the distant past are also likely to have been primarily caused by volcanic eruptions, according to another of the studies, which helps to explain the strong global fluctuations in the first half of the 18th century as the world started to move from a volcanically cooled era to a climate warmed by human emissions. This has become particularly pronounced since the late 20th century, when temperature rises over two decades or longer have been the most rapid in the past two millennia, notes the third.

The authors say this highlights how unusual warming has become in recent years as a result of industrial emissions.
“There is no doubt left – as has been shown extensively in many other studies addressing many different aspects of the climate system using different methods and data sets,” said Stefan Brönnimann, from the University of Bern and the Pages 2K consortium of climate scientists.

Commenting on the study, other scientists said it was an important breakthrough in the “fingerprinting” task of proving how human responsibility has changed the climate in ways not seen in the past.
“This paper should finally stop climate change deniers claiming that the recent observed coherent global warming is part of a natural climate cycle. This paper shows the truly stark difference between regional and localised changes in climate of the past and the truly global effect of anthropogenic greenhouse emissions,” said Mark Maslin, professor of climatology at University College London.

Previous studies have shown near unanimity among climate scientists that human factors – car exhausts, factory chimneys, forest clearance and other sources of greenhouse gases – are responsible for the exceptional level of global warming.
A 2013 study in Environmental Research Letters found 97% of climate scientists agreed with this link in 12,000 academic papers that contained the words “global warming” or “global climate change” from 1991 to 2011. Last week, that paper hit 1m downloads, making it the most accessed paper ever among the 80+ journals published by the Institute of Physics, according to the authors.

The pushback has been political rather than scientific. In the US, the rightwing thinktank the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is reportedly putting pressure on Nasa to remove a reference to the 97% study from its webpage. The CEI has received event funding from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers and Charles Koch Institute, which have much to lose from a transition to a low-carbon economy.

But among academics who study the climate, the convergence of opinion is probably strengthening, according to John Cook, the lead author of the original consensus paper and a follow-up study on the “consensus about consensus” that looked at a range of similar estimates by other academics.
He said that at the end of his 20-year study period there was more agreement than at the beginning: “There was 99% scientific consensus in 2011 that humans are causing global warming.” With ever stronger research since then and increasing heatwaves and extreme weather, Cook believes this is likely to have risen further and is now working on an update.

“As expertise in climate science increases, so too does agreement with human-caused global warming,” Cook wrote on the Skeptical Science blog. “The good news is public understanding of the scientific consensus is increasing. The bad news is there is still a lot of work to do yet as climate deniers continue to persistently attack the scientific consensus.”

https://www.theguardian.com/science...us-on-humans-causing-global-warming-passes-99

 

[Rey C.]

Do as they say, not as they do.

 

[Johan]

If you're looking for people who back their climate speevhes with action, may I introduce you Greta Thunberg

She's a 16 years old cimate activist from Sweden. She became quite popular all around the world, has visitd several countries, been into many climate summits but she never flies. In September she will attend the 2019 U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York. And for that, she will crosse the Atlantic on a zero-carbon emission boat.
There would be much to talk about Greta, how her rise to popularity was organised by globalist think-tanks, how she's kinda being manipulated, the hysteria surrounding her, etc. But at least she's being honest, she's not an hypocrite and she backs her sppeches with actions.

If you're looking for a genuine environment activist, not a hollywood star who pretend to care about Climate Change as a publicity stunt, greta is your girl.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I believe her brainwashing by her parents and teachers is a form of abuse. Everything she's stated is a lie, easily rebutted and people will eat it up because we've indoctrinated a generation of pea brains. Since the mid 1960's people of that ilk have been chirping about how the world is going to end in 1972, 1986, any point in the 90's; hell, Alphonse Gorleone predicted that Miami and New York would be underwater by 2017. Bunch of Chicken Littles running around yelling that the sky is falling.

And the same people saying we cannot criticize her for being dead wrong about everything are the same people who wanted to attack the Covington Catholic high school boys. Either everyone in the public view is fair game for criticism or no one is.

 

[Johan]

Since the mid 1960's people of that ilk have been chirping about how the world is going to end in 1972, 1986, any point in the 90's; hell, Alphonse Gorleone predicted that Miami and New York would be underwater by 2017. Bunch of Chicken Littles running around yelling that the sky is falling.

Aphonse who ? Never heard about him so I googled him, nothing came up. I don't think he is (was ?) a scientist.
Anyway, don't pay any attention to people making bold apocalyptics predictions. Listen to scientists, listen to climatologists. That's all what Greta's been telling world leaders : listen to scientists and act according ot their conclusions.

And the same people saying we cannot criticize her for being dead wrong about everything are the same people who wanted to attack the Covington Catholic high school boys. Either everyone in the public view is fair game for criticism or no one is.

Feel free to criticize her (or the people around her) as much as you want, as long as you can back your critics with facts and as long as you don't rely on personnal attacks on a 16 years old girl suffering from Asperger syndrome.

 

[Johan]

Listen to scientists :

Climate change report warns oceans warming and rising faster, putting lives at risk


A United Nations-backed report on climate change released Wednesday is raising even more alarm about the world's warming climate. More than 100 scientists spent the last three years looking at the impact of climate change on the Earth's oceans and the ice locked around the North and South Poles and in mountain areas.

CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips says the broad conclusion is that, basically, these vital stores of water on our planet can't take it any more, and the consequences for humanity are severe.
Until now, much of the Earth's warming has been absorbed by its oceans. But according to this report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tipping points are being reached where some of the more severe consequences of climate change can no longer be avoided.

Ice in Greenland and Antarctica, and in mountain glaciers around the world is continuing to melt at accelerating rates. The resulting sea level rise around the world already threatens coastal populations. In the worst case predictions, as many as a billion people could be affected.

As the world's oceans get deeper, they are also getting warmer, and warmer water means bigger, more violent storms reaching land masses.

The report says satellite data show "marine heatwaves (periods of extremely high ocean surface temperatures) have very likely doubled in frequency from 1982 to 2016 and that they have also become longer-lasting, more intense and more extensive."

And our fingerprints are all over that change, according to the scientists, who said "between 84% and 90% of marine heatwaves that occurred between 2006 and 2015 can be attributed to anthropogenic (human-caused) warming."

It may sound like a doomsday scenario, but one of the authors of the report, Arizona climate scientist Ted Schuur, told CBS News the signs are already clear to see in the form of disasters, including major flooding events around the world.
"We are looking at the time that those events that happen once in a 100 years, happen once a year, and you can relate to something like that," he told Phillips.

"Extreme sea level events, such as surges from tropical cyclones, that are currently historically rare (for example today's hundred-year event) will become common by 2100 under all emissions scenarios due to increasing global mean sea level rise," the report states. 2Under all future emissions scenarios, many low-lying megacities and small islands at almost all latitudes will experience such events annually by 2050."

Or as Schuur put it in plain terms: "Imagine you have a story that your grandfather told you, about the town flooding, but it was back 80 years ago. Well, imagine that happening every year."

The report lists a cascade of potential negative effects, from more severe storms to droughts and declining fish stocks.

And the more we continue to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the more catastrophic those effects may be. The authors of the report say humanity is in a race between the speed of climate change, and our capacity to react to it, and we're losing.

It's no longer a question of if or when the consequences will hit us, the report warns, but how bad they will be.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climat...ter-tipping-points-severe-weather-2019-09-25/

 

[LunaMo]

It's hard to take them seriously when they don't believe it themselves

 

[Supafly]

I believe her brainwashing by her parents and teachers is a form of abuse. Everything she's stated is a lie, easily rebutted and people will eat it up because we've indoctrinated a generation of pea brains. Since the mid 1960's people of that ilk have been chirping about how the world is going to end in 1972, 1986, any point in the 90's; hell, Alphonse Gorleone predicted that Miami and New York would be underwater by 2017. Bunch of Chicken Littles running around yelling that the sky is falling.

And the same people saying we cannot criticize her for being dead wrong about everything are the same people who wanted to attack the Covington Catholic high school boys. Either everyone in the public view is fair game for criticism or no one is.

Bullshit. The critics of Thunberg work themselves off about her being much more professional then all the former protesters. That is because she - yes, backed by her parents, who seem to support her, shocking! - does not fail like others.

I will sum it up for you:

You are part of the problem, or you are part of the solution.

 

[Johan]

Greta Thunberg gave a blistering speech at the United Nations summit, criticizing world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through a lack of action on the climate crisis.

Michael Knowles, a guest on Fox News’s The Story, was invited to discuss Thunberg’s speech and the climate crisis. He was dismissive of both.
“If it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left,” Knowles said.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/24/fox-news-greta-thunberg-michael-knowles

Swedish teenage girl tries to warn world leaders about climate change
Conservatives : If it were about science it would be led by scientists
97% of climatologists say climate change is real, man-made and we have to take action
Conservatives : these scientists are liars. I don't wanna hear them !

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

 

[xfire]

 

[Johan]

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I guess it's not too soon anymore and we've all grown out of the "Oh my God! You're making fun of a child!" phase. If Alissa White-Gluz ever leaves Arch Enemy then Greta Thornberg would make a great replacement.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Unfortunately she has trouble performing an encore without a pre-written lyric sheet to read from. Ozzy has the same trouble occasionally though.

 

[Johan]

Wow, you've found a moment were that 16 years old swedish girl who's mother tongue is not english stumbles to answer a question. That is incredible !

Also, that conference was not just for her, it was about something she was part of and reporter we're only asking questions to her so she tried to have them ask questions ot the others.

 

[assari]

Climate activists are always disappointed when the climate gets cold.

 

[Johan]

Climate and weather are two different things. That is a common mistake for climate-change deniers to think it's the same

The main difference between these two terms is the duration, where the weather is the day-to-day or short term condition of the changes in the atmosphere, and climate is the averaged weather condition of a particular place over a long time, about 30 years.

Like for instance, we talk about the weather in terms of “hot it will be today?” “Will it rain or not”? Or “What about the snowstorm this week”?.
On the other hand, climate changes are observed in term of years, decades and centuries and include statistical weather information, that provides us with the regular weather report.

Weather and climate are always interrelated words and bit confusing too. We check the weather forecast for our place to plan our days. Global warming and Climate change are a very hot topic of the news around the world and scientist are concern about such variation in the climate of different places.

The weather changing patterns and global climate changes, it is uncertain to say that whether the sudden change in the weather of any particular day was the effects of climate change, though the pattern changes can be predicted.

According to the study and research, our Earth is warming with higher rate than it was in the past. Though hot summers are the typical one with the climate in many regions, the apart from global warming is increasing if the Earth average global temperature. At this moment we will be comparing the two terms which are ‘weather and climate’ with a brief description of them.

https://biodifferences.com/difference-between-weather-and-climate.html

 

[Rey C.]

Yeah, it's the Hollyweirdos that really crack me up when it comes to their (hypocritical as hell) climate change initiatives and crocodile tear speeches. Here's some of my all time favorite private jet flying, gas guzzler driving, yacht sailing planet savers:

Woody Harrelson
Matt Damon
Mark Ruffalo
Leonardo DiCaprio
Julia Roberts
John Travolta
James Cameron
Ian Somerhalder
Gwyneth Paltrow
Cameron Diaz
Arianna Huffington
Al Gore


Johnny Travolta is probably the funnest one on that list.

John Travolta is a certified private pilot who owns five aircraft, so it’s only fitting that the 60-year-old actor’s Florida home has two runways that lead directly to his front door.

Him whining about climate change is even funnier than Harv Weinstein whining about sexual assault. But ya gotta be honest, even little Greta whats-her-face would be impressed by this bad ass crip.