‘Climate Intelligence Group’ Says Climate Emergency Is Over

by James Murphy

Reprinted with permission from The New American

The Climate Intelligence Group (Clintel), composed of European and North American researchers and scientists, declared in a communique last week that the “imagined and imaginary ‘climate emergency’ is at an end.”

The group met at the International Scientific Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, even as the UN’s COP29 climate conference was talking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Clintel in August of 2023 had boldly declared “there is no climate emergency.”

Seventeen scientists and researchers, including CO2 Coalition Executive Director Gregory Wrightstone, signed the communique, which was a rhetorical poke in the eye to the COP29 gathering.

While acknowledging some warming since the Little Ice Age ended, the group noted that the warming and the increased CO2 in the atmosphere were a good thing for the planet: “The modest increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide that has taken place since the end of the Little Ice Age has been net-beneficial to humanity.” Read Full Article >