Annual General Meeting

Hi Folks, and sorry for the long hiatus! Just so that you're informed, we will be having our Annual General Meeting at 2pm on wednesday 5th September 2007 at the UNSW blockhouse training room 2. We look forward to seeing you there!

Hiatus...

Hi all, we're currently busy with end of semester exams at the moment. Please check back in July for further developments.

Comments on the lecture

Thank you everyone for coming last night! We will be posting up some comments in a bit, so check back soon. If anyone has comments, criticisms, or just observations in general to make, we welcome all feedback.

Climate Change Lecture on 23 May 07

The first lecture has now been confirmed, and the details are below.

Lecture Title: The Science of Climate Change: Debunking the Myths

Speaker: Professor Matthew England

Location: UNSW, New Law Building, Law Theatre G23
(If you refer the this map of UNSW, the law building is located in grid F8)

Date: 23/05/07 Wednesday

Time: 7 - 8 pm

Places ARE limited, so send us an email to ensure a seat! You can do this by emailing climate.variance(at)gmail.com

Why should you come for this lecture? Well, here are some great reasons!

1. At the moment there is no science so hotly debated as climate science.

2. Views of climate change range from total denial of the basics through to apocalyptic scenarios of doom and destruction.

3. So what do we know about the climate system and greenhouse gases? How can we separate fact from fiction?

4. In this talk Professor Matthew England will outline what is known, and what is unknown, about global climate change.

5. This talk will focus on the science of climate change, what is known and unknown, with an explanation of how scientists formulate reports such as the IPCC.

We hope to see you there, and if you have any enquiries at all, feel free to send us an email.

Welcome to new visitors!

For those of you who are checking in here as a result of our promotion at Tuesday night's public lecture on climate change, Welcome!

We are in the process of organizing many interesting lectures on climate change from a scientific point of view. As outlined in the first post on this blog, we attempt to take a neutral stance so as not to alienate any one group of individuals who just want to learn more about how science is tackling this global issue. If you are interested, send us an email at climate.variance (at) gmail.com, and we'll surely add you to the mailing list. Alternatively, you can simply bookmark this page, and check back regularly as there will be frequent updates posted here.

Tentatively, our first lecture will be by Professor Matthew England of the Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory at the UNSW Department of Mathematics and Statistics. It is currently scheduled to be held on 23 May 2007, at UNSW. Updates pertaining to the precise time and location will be posted up shortly.

Thank you again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Global Warming: Reality or Hoax?

One of the big issues that actually led me to start this society is the documentary aired on Channel 4 in the UK, "The Great Global Warming Swindle". Yes it is overblown anti-IPCC stuff, but yet it is surprisingly convincing by the end, probably because it attempts to tug at the ol' heart strings with imagery of the suffering third-world. All the same, it is a great way to spend an hour or so, and youtube kindly serves it up in 10minute chunks, perfect for mid-session procrastination!

The Great Global Warming Swindle Part 1 of 9

Check it out, and after you watch it, do you feel that the IPCC report is a wad of over-politicized hysteria? Or is this documentary just the immature lashing out of sidelined crackpots?

Your voice, your say.

The Rational Debate of Climate Change Society at UNSW, Sydney Australia

Alright folks, this is now the official blog and route through which updates regarding The Society will be disseminated. I'll be posting some interesting links to Climate Change articles and stories if I come across any.

For those who didn't receive the original email, or for those who are just joining us, I present to you the purpose for our existence, and the reason for why we need YOUR support.

The purpose of our Society for the Rational Debate of Climate Change is to provide a forum for climate scientists and experts to communicate the facts with UNSW students and the general public. This forum will also give participants the opportunity to open a dialogue with researchers, without information having to be first filtered through the media. Simply put, we wish to promote public awareness of recent research in climate change without a political slant or incitement of hysteria.

Our stance on climate change and global warming is one of neutrality. We firmly accept that the climate IS changing, as it always does. However, we openly question the accusations levied on the human race, marking it as being the primary cause of this change. We do not deny it though, we simply question. We are also against how climate change has been hijacked by politicians, whose primary goal is not to obtain objective facts about global warming but to promote their own agenda. In line with our purpose, we strongly feel that the rational, scientific approach to global warming is the way the world should be tackling this issue.

To achieve our ends, we aim to attract top climate researchers to Sydney to give public lectures, where we will let audience members field questions. Also, we want to eventually be able to support a panel of scientists, whose views on climate change are not all aligned. This will really give the public a chance to be a part of the "scientific debate" that is so often overshadowed by environmentalist proganda.

We feel that our society provides an alternative for interested individuals who are put off by talks hosted by "Greenies" and environmentalists who tend to exaggerate certain issues to promote their own agendas or idealisms.

By all means contact us if you are interested in providing support, donations, or even sponsorship towards our continued efforts! Leave a comment, and we will get back to you!