12 Amendments of Roger HELMER related to 2008/2015(INI)
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the world has experienced no global warming for a decade, with average global temperatures static or declining since 1998,
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the theory of global warming/climate change attributable to human emissions of carbon dioxide requires as absolute and necessary pre- conditions the presence of certain "signatures", amongst which are (a) elevated temperatures in the tropical troposphere, (b) relatively enhanced polar temperature increases and (c) a rise in oceanic temperatures, and whereas not one of these has been empirically found to exist,
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the climate-forcing effect of CO2 is governed by a logarithmic relationship, creating a law of diminishing returns, so that future increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations from current levels will have only a marginal effect on climate,
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the global climate has been warmer than today's for several periods during the last 5,000 years, notably during the Holocene maxima, in the Roman optimum and in the Mediaeval Warm Period,
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A d (new)
Recital - A d (new)
-Ad. whereas more than 32,000 scientists have signed the Oregon Declaration challenging the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis, in addition to the similar Manhattan Declaration of March 2008,
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A e (new)
Recital - A e (new)
-Ae. whereas measures to reduce CO2 emissions, such as the Kyoto Protocol, even if fully implemented, would have a trivial effect on climate,
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A f (new)
Recital - A f (new)
-Af. whereas even if the EU adopts aggressive emissions policies, it is extremely unlikely that other major emitters such as China and India will do the same, and the EU's sacrifices will be in vain, and cause devastating economic damage and loss of competitiveness,
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A g (new)
Recital - A g (new)
-Ag. whereas studies of changes in sea level fail to show the increasing rate of rise predicted by anthropogenic climate models,
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A h (new)
Recital - A h (new)
-Ah. whereas despite predictions to the contrary, studies of polar bear populations show major increases in polar bear numbers in recent decades,
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A i (new)
Recital - A i (new)
-Ai. whereas many studies by reputable economists find that the costs of proposed action to mitigate climate change will significantly exceed any possible benefits,
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A j (new)
Recital - A j (new)
-Aj. whereas studies by reputable economists, notably by Bjørn Lomborg and his Copenhagen Consensus, show that money proposed to be used for CO2 emissions reduction would achieve much greater good for humanity if spent on other programmes such as eradicating malaria, or providing fresh water, health- care and education across the third world,
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas human societies have prospered in a wide range of temperatures and climates, and whereas many commentators argue that adaptation to changes in climate are a much more measured and practical response to climate change than attempts to prevent it,