Den stora tråden om global uppvärmning/växthuseffekten

3. Förekomst av moln dämpar den radiativa känsligheten för CO2. Två tredjedelar av jordklotet är i medeltal täckt av moln.

4. Den låga klimatkänsligheten har bekräftats av observationer i samband med händelser som påverkat strålningsbalansen, som tex vulkanutbrott.

Förvisso finns en hel del osäkerhet i hur moln påverkar, men modeller tyder snarare på att de ger en svag positiv återkoppling. Hur du så tvärsäkert kan säga att den dmäpar klimatkänsligheten är ett mysterium.

The Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) is a Netherlands-based1 climate science denial group founded in 2019 by retired professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and journalist Marcel Crok.2 Its principal view is that “there is no climate emergency.”3
According to Dutch broadcaster KRO-NCRV Pointer, the 800 “scientists, scholars, and professionals” that support CLINTEL have “conducted little to no climate research.”4 DeSmog analysis has found that the list of signatories includes a commercial fisherman, a retired chemist, a cardiologist, and an air-conditioning engineer, alongside a number of retired geologists.5
The organisation has close ties to Forum voor Democratie, the main Dutch nationalist party, and its leader Thierry Baudet, who has quoted statements by CLINTEL in the country’s House of Representatives.6
Various members of CLINTEL’s list of ambassadors, and its extended list of signatories, have connections to libertarian free-market groups with a history of climate science denial, including the Heartland Institute, the Cato Institute, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute.7 All three organisations are members of the Koch-funded Atlas Network.8 9
In September 2019, DeSmog obtained leaked drafts of letters scheduled to be sent to leaders of EU and UN institutions, insisting that “there is no climate emergency.”10 The letter was eventually sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the end of the month.11
Later that year, the organisation held a European Parliament press conference hosted by the European Conservatives and Reformists group during which CLINTEL argued against the mainstream consensus on climate science.12
During the COVID-19 pandemic, CLINTEL published an open letter titled “Fight virus not carbon,” where it described climate change as a “non-problem.”13 14