Climatology

The shady climate salesmen

IPN Opinion article

Author: Kendra Okonski

Some say that the Kyoto Protocol and other forms of climate control are an 'insurance policy' against climate change. Yet this form of insurance comes with a high premium -- effectively wasting resources that could otherwise be used to solve problems today.

Power to the African People

IPN Opinion article

Author: Julian Morris

Julian Morris analyses the G8 issues of Africa and climate change, concluding that aid and climate control will make poverty perpetual. He says "To enable development and adaptation to the current climate, let alone any future climate, Africans must be freed from oppressive governments. Emissions restrictions would hinder that adaptation process, especially if such restrictions are encouraged with 'aid' to their governments."

Development, not climate control

IPN Opinion article

Author: Kendra Okonski

The world's poorest people suffer most because of climate -- not climate change. This article argues that restricting greenhouse gas emissions in poor countries would be misguided and counterproductive.

Kyoto cons the world's poor

IPN Opinion article

Author: Barun Mitra

Barun Mitra, director of the Liberty Institute, condemns the Kyoto Protocol as a potential trap that will keep the world's developing nations mired in poverty.(Subscriber link)

Can Ghana's Parliament Review Its Position on the Kyoto Protocol?

IPN Opinion article

Author: Franklin Cudjoe

Franklin Cudjoe comments on climate change, the Kyoto Protocol, foreign aid, energy and a number of related issues