ICSF commenced its ongoing lecture series by distinguished international scientists in 2017, which have attracted wide and diverse invited audiences.
Those with open and enquiring minds on climate science are welcome to apply to attend future lectures at jim.obrien.csr@gmail.com
Date:
December 1, 2021
LECTURER:
Dr Benny Peiser is Director of Net Zero Watch, the campaigning arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), which is the UK non-partisan think tank focused on climate and energy policy. In his lecture, Dr Peiser provides an overview of the main conclusions of COP26, and why the UN climate summit failed to overcome the deep divisions between developed and developing nations. He argues that we are entering a new phase of the so-called Issue Attention Cycle surrounding climate change as concerns about the climate are being increasingly overshadowed and eclipsed by growing concerns about the economic and political costs of Net Zero. He concludes this landmark lecture with an alternative “Net-Zero 2050” Strategy.
TITLE:
“After COP26, with a looming energy crisis, is there a realistic alternative to Net Zero?”
Date:
October 27, 2021
LECTURER:
Dr Roger Pielke Jr holds degrees in mathematics, public policy and political science from the University of Colorado. Formerly a Scientist at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research, he has many distinctions including an Eduard Brückner Prize from Germany, an honorary doctorate from Linköping University in Sweden and he was also awarded the Public Service Award of the Geological Society of America. He is also author of seven books on climate science.
TITLE:
“What does IPCC AR6 say on Scenarios and Extreme Weather?”
Date:
September 22, 2021
LECTURER:
Dr Steven Koonin of New York University, a leading theoretical physicist, formerly chief scientist in BP, later Undersecretary of Science in the US Department of Energy in the Obama Administration, recently author of the best-seller: “Unsettled? What climate science tells us, what it doesn’t and why it matters”.
TITLE:
“Unsettling the Science”
Date:
June 23, 2021
LECTURER:
Professor Will Happer, Cyrus Fogg Brackett Emeritus Professor of Physics at Princeton, world leader in atomic, molecular and optical physics, co-founder of the CO2 Coalition
TITLE:
“Climate, CH4, N2O and CO2 - the good news for Agriculture”
Date:
May 12, 2021
LECTURER:
Professor Ross McKitrick, professor of economics at the University of Guelph, Canada, has published widely on the economics of climate change and public policy
TITLE:
“Climate Policy – when Emotion meets Reality”
Date:
March 31, 2021
LECTURER:
Professor Emeritus Richard S Lindzen, world-renowned dynamical meteorologist with interests in planetary waves, origins of ice ages and observations on climate sensitivity
TITLE:
“The Imaginary Climate Crisis? How can we change the Message?”
Date:
March 3, 2021
LECTURER:
Dr Roy W. Spencer is Principal Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre
TITLE:
“Is there a Climate Crisis? Reviewing the Evidence”
Date:
January 21, 2021
LECTURER:
Dr John R Christy is the Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
TITLE:
“Testing Climate Claims - Update 2021”