2008 International Conference on Climate Change - Manhattan Declaration

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change was held inNew York at the beginning of March (2-4). More than 500 people attended the conference including scientists, economists, scholars, and policy analysts. The Conference was sponsored by the Heartland Institute and co-sponsored by 50 other organisations.

At the conclusion of the conference, they released The Manhattan Declaration, which says that "There is no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions from modern industrial activity has in the past, is now, or will in the future cause catastrophic climate change."

Read the full text of The Manhattan Declaration - click here. or here.

Click here for the Conference website.
Audio and video of the conference speakers along with a list of speakers: click here.

Endorsements
Endorsements for the Manhattan Declaration are being collected by the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC).

The endorsements are in three sections:
1. Scientists in climate-related disciplines who attended the conference.
2. Individuals "all well-trained in science and technology or climate change-related economics and policy who did not attended the conference".
3. Members of the public who support the Declaration.
[At October 2008, there were 116 in Category 1, 603 in Category 2 and 463 in Category 3.]
Click here to sign and submit your name.

Commentary:
Melanie Phillips - Bang goes that consensus! - The Spectator, 10 March 2008.
Melanie Phillips - The mammoth global warming scam, The Spectator, 11 March 2008.

A second Conference will be held in New York on 8 - 10 March 2009.
Click here for Conference website.