इस सम्मेलन का यह नैतिक कर्तव्य भी है कि वह विज्ञान के उस भ्रष्टाचार की जांच करे जो भारी मात्रा में धन के कारण पैदा हो सकता है। अमेरिका ने जलवायु वैज्ञानिकों को दसियों अरब डॉलर दिए हैं, जो यदि यह शोध करते कि जलवायु परिवर्तन फायदेमंद है या इसके प्रभाव मामूली हैं, तो उन्हें यह राशि नहीं मिलती। क्या इन वैज्ञानिकों को पैसे का लालच दिया जा रहा है? और क्या वे गिने-चुने जलवायु वैज्ञानिक, जिनका शोध उद्योग जगत द्वारा समर्थित है, किसी तरह कम ईमानदार हैं?
The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?
The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?
ग्लोबल वार्मिंग को सीमित धन के लिए कैंसर और एड्स से मुकाबला करना पड़ता है। यह कहकर कभी कोई बहस नहीं जीता कि: मेरा मुद्दा महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है।
Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important.
Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important.
पर्यावरण संरक्षण एजेंसी (EPA) का अपना कंप्यूटर मॉडल आसानी से यह दिखा देता है कि राष्ट्रपति ओबामा के प्रस्तावित नियम वर्ष 2100 तक ग्लोबल वार्मिंग को लगभग 0.02 डिग्री सेल्सियस तक कम कर देंगे। वास्तव में, असली आंकड़ा शायद इससे भी छोटा है क्योंकि उस गणना में भविष्य में वार्मिंग की दर - जो पिछले 17 वर्षों से बिल्कुल नहीं बढ़ी है - वास्तविक संभावना से काफी अधिक मानी गई है।
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama's proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn't been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be.
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama's proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn't been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be.