How much money has this government given to the climate change lobby?

Climate makes money move in mysterious ways

The British Government has been pouring millions of pounds into 'climate-related' projects all over the world

That is the headline to this article from the Telegraph it is an eye opener to the incredible amounts of money this government has given to climate related projects.

Here are a couple of extracts;

In all the coverage lately given to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its embattled chairman, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, one rather important part of the story has largely been missed. This is the way in which, in its obsession with climate change, different branches of the UK Government have in recent years been pouring hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money into a bewildering array of "climate-related" projects, often throwing a veil of mystery over how much is being paid, to whom and why.

To begin with a small example. Everyone has now heard of "Glaciergate", the inclusion in the IPCC's 2007 report of a wild claim it was recently forced to disown, that by 2035 all Himalayan glaciers will have melted. In 2001 the Department for International Development (DfID) spent £315,277 commissioning a team of British scientists to investigate this prediction. After co-opting its Indian originator, Dr Syed Hasnain, they reported in 2004 that his claim was just a scare story. Some glaciers were retreating, others were not. There was no way they could disappear in a time-span shorter than many centuries.

Three years later, however, when the IPCC produced its 2007 report, it endorsed Dr Hasnain's claim without any mention of the careful UK-funded study which had shown it to be false

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The trail into this tangled undergrowth began last December, when Dr Richard North and I were trying to track down 11 payments made by four separate government departments for projects involving Teri Europe, the London-based branch of Dr Pachauri's institute. We were struck by how reluctant the ministries often seemed to be to reveal how much they had paid under these contracts. What's more, why was UK taxpayers' money being used to fund these projects in the first place?

Why is this government giving so much money away?

Have a read of the whole article it certainly is an eye opener.

IPCC Scientist tells truth. I am in shock.

Thanks to Watts Up With That for this breaking news in this mornings Mail

This is the headline to the article;

Glacier scientist: I knew data hadn't been verified

Is this the beginning of the end for the IPCC and the global warming controversy?

How many more documents haven't been verified?

What about Dr Pachauri, will he step down as chairman of the IPCC?

What will Al Gore say about his rock solid science now?

Will Gordon Brown still throw our money away trying and stop something that isn't happening?

I can't wait for them to try and talk themselves out of this one.

What is this guy still up to?

A new article in the Telegraph today about Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC. This is connected to a previous blog that you can read here.

The Headline reads;

Taxpayers' millions paid to Indian institute run by UN climate chief

Millions of pounds of British taxpayers' money is being paid to an organisation in India run by Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial chairman of the UN climate change panel, despite growing concern over its accounts.

A quote from the article;

The decision by DfID to fund Dr Pachauri's institute, based in Delhi, will add to growing concern over allegations of conflict of interest with critics accusing Dr Pachauri and TERI of gaining financially from policies which are formulated as a result of the work he carries out as IPCC chairman – a suggestion he strongly denies.

Not only has Dr Pachauri and TERI taken jobs from the UK (Teeside) we, the taxpayer, are even paying him. Maybe it is to find more ways to brainwash the country.

He has interests in so many businesses and countries right now, how can he deny that there isn't a conflict of interest.

Another quote asks the same question;

But Lord Lawson, the former Chancellor who now chairs the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a think tank which challenges the prevailing scientific view on climate change, said: "It is now a wholly legitimate concern to ask questions about possible conflicts of interests. The IPCC is a very influential body and he is obviously very involved in its leadership."

There is definitely something going on here.

I believe Dr Pachauri, and TERI, are building themselves up to be a huge player in this carbon trading scam. Look at Al Gore, he has his hands in carbon trading companies and is trying his hardest to help get the carbon trading bill passed the the USA.

There is an additional article here that is worth reading.

The headline reads;

The curious case of the expanding environmental group with falling income

When Douglas Alexander travelled to New Delhi last September to announce Britain was presenting £10 million to the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), standing alongside him was an imposing, bearded figure.

It definitely makes me very curious about what their end game is.

What is this guy up to?

Last week we heard the unfortunate news of 1700 jobs losses at the steelworks on Teeside.

I have just read this article and i am wondering what is Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, up to?

Here is a quote from the article that links him to Corus;

The original power base from which Dr Pachauri has built up his worldwide network of influence over the past decade is the Delhi-based Tata Energy Research Institute, of which he became director in 1981 and director-general in 2001. Now renamed The Energy Research Institute, TERI was set up in 1974 by India’s largest privately-owned business empire, the Tata Group, with interests ranging from steel, cars and energy to chemicals, telecommunications and insurance (and now best-known in the UK as the owner of Jaguar, Land Rover, Tetley Tea and Corus, Britain’s largest steel company).

Here is a quote about his chairmanship of the IPCC;

Although Dr Pachauri is often presented as a scientist (he was even once described by the BBC as “the world’s top climate scientist”), as a former railway engineer with a PhD in economics he has no qualifications in climate science at all.

Another quote;

What has also almost entirely escaped attention, however, is how Dr Pachauri has established an astonishing worldwide portfolio of business interests with bodies which have been investing billions of dollars in organisations dependent on the IPCC’s policy recommendations.

Now if there is a conflict of interest with his business dealings outside of the IPCC he should resign.

A quote from the article relating to the Teeside job losses;

It is one of these deals, reported in last week’s Sunday Telegraph, which is enabling Tata to transfer three million tonnes of steel production from its Corus plant in Redcar to a new plant in Orissa, thus gaining a potential £1.2 billion in ‘carbon credits’ (and putting 1,700 people on Teesside out of work).

If the 1700 job losses in Teeside is just so India (Tata) can claim Carbon credits, then there is certainly suspicion of dirty dealing and it should be investigated by our government, wishful thinking i know.

Have a read of the Article and see what you think.