Manhattan Declaration

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Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change“Global warming” is not a global crisis

We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields, economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times Square, New York City, participating in the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change,

Resolving that scientific questions should be evaluated solely by the scientific method;

Affirming that global climate has always changed and always will, independent of the actions of humans, and that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant but rather a necessity for all life;

Recognising that the causes and extent of recently-observed climatic change are the subject of intense debates in the climate science community and that oft-repeated assertions of a supposed ‘consensus’ among climate experts are false;

Affirming that attempts by governments to legislate costly regulations on industry and individual citizens to encourage CO2 emission reduction will slow development while having no appreciable impact on the future trajectory of global climate change.  Such policies will markedly diminish future prosperity and so reduce the ability of societies to adapt to inevitable climate change, thereby increasing, not decreasing human suffering;

Notingthat warmer weather is generally less harmful to life on Earth than colder:

Hereby declare:

That current plans to restrict anthropogenic CO2 emissions are a dangerous misallocation of intellectual capital and resources that should be dedicated to solving humanity’s real and serious problems.

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.

That attempts by governments to inflict taxes and costly regulations on industry and individual citizens with the aim of reducing emissions of CO2 will pointlessly curtail the prosperity of the West and progress of developing nations without affecting climate.

That adaptation as needed is massively more cost-effective than any attempted mitigation, and that a focus on such mitigation will divert the attention and resources of governments away from addressing the real problems of their peoples.

That human-caused climate change is not a global crisis.

Now, therefore, we recommend –

That world leaders reject the views expressed by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as popular, but misguided works such as “An Inconvenient Truth”.

That all taxes, regulations, and other interventions intended to reduce emissions of CO2 be abandoned forthwith.

Agreed at New York, 4 March 2008.

The following endorsers of The Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change were physically present at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, which took place in New York City on March 2 - 4, 2008 at the Marriott New York Marquis Times Square Hotel:

1. David Archibald, BSc (Geology), CEO, Summa Development, Perth, Australia
2. Bob Armstrong, MA, MS (Mathematical Psychophysics, Northwestern University), computer language consultant, Community of Science, ww.CoS.com, Woodland Park, Colorado, U.S.A.
3. J. Scott Armstrong, Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Founder of the International Journal of Forecasting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
4. Ron Arnold, Executive Vice President, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.
5. Leon Ashby, Mt Gambier, South Australia, Australia
6. Dennis T. Avery, Economist, Senior Fellow, Director of the Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
7. Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant and former climatology professor - University of Winnipeg, Science Advisory Board member - ICSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
8. E. Calvin Beisner, PhD, founder and national spokesman, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, serves on the pastoral staff of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, Broward County, Florida, U.S.A.
9. Paul Berkowitz, BSEE/MSEE, Telecommunications R&D, President, Berkowitz Professional Services, Little Silver, New Jersey, U.S.A.
10. Tom Borelli, PhD, Portfolio Manager, Free Enterprise Action Fund, Eastchester, New York, U.S.A.
11. William M. Briggs, PhD., Statistical Consultant (specializing in accuracy of forecasts and climate variability), U.S.A.
12. Stephen Brown, PhD (Environmental Science, State University of New York), Ground Penetrating Radar Glacier research, District Agriculture Agent Cooperative Extension Service University of Alaska, Fairbanks Mat-Su District Office Palmer; Alaska Agriculture Extension Agent/Researcher, National Center for Policy Analysis, Alaska, U.S.A.
13. H. Sterling Burnett, PhD, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
14. Robert M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
15. John Chadbourne, PhD, Environmental Engineer, Essroc Cement Corp, Italcementi Group, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
16. Paul Chesser, Director, Climate Strategies Watch, C/O, John Locke Foundation, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
17. David Christensen, BA (Math.), MBA (Intl. Econ.), PE (Mechanical), and PE (Control System); Corporate Planner, Estimator, (Retired), Sr. Member of Engineering staff, Bechtel International, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
18. David W. Christensen, BA (Math/Physics, UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara)), MBA (Intl. Econ.), PE (Mechanical and Control Systems), Bechtel Engineering Corporation (retired), Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.A
19. Michael Coffman, PhD, (ecosysytems analysis and climate change), CEO of Sovereignty International, President of Environmental Perspectives, Inc., Bangor, Maine, U.S.A..
20. John Coleman, Founder, The Weather Channel, Weather Anchor, KUSI-TV, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
21. Piers Corbyn, ARCS, FRAS, FRMetS, astrophysicist (Queen Mary College, London), consultant, owner of Weather Action long range forecasters, degree in Physics (Imperial College London), England
22. Roy Cordato, PhD, Vice President for Research, Resident Scholar of the John Locke Foundation, former Senior Economist at the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
23. Richard S. Courtney, PhD, energy and environmental consultant, IPCC expert reviewer, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
24. Joseph D’Aleo, MS, Meteorologist and Climatologist (retired), Executive Director, ICECAP (International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project), Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
25. David Douglass, PhD, Professor of Physics, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
26. Paul Driessen, BA (Geology and Field Ecology), LLB (environment and natural resource law), Senior policy advisor, Congress of Racial Equality, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
27. Terry Dunleavy, MBE, JP, Founding Chairman, International Climate Science Coalition, North Shore City, New Zealand
28. John Dale Dunn, MD, JD, Medical Officer, Brown County Sherriff's Office, civilian physician, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas, U.S.A.
29. Myron Ebell, MSc, Director, Energy & Global Warming Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
30. Michael J. Economides, PhD, Professor, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
31. Michael X.Y. Feng, Associate Professor of Economics, Cathay Institute for Public Affairs, Beijing, China
32. Maria Uaudia Ferragni, Events Manager, Istituto Bruno Leoni, Torino, Italy
33. David Fiore, Logos Forensics Club, Senior Software Engineer, New York, New York, U.S.A.
34. Viv Forbes, Chairman, Carbon Sense Coalition, Sheep and Cattle Grazier, Soil Scientist and Mining Consultant, Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
35. Michael R. Fox, PhD, Nuclear Scientist (retired), consultant, member (American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society, and the Radiochemistry Society), Richland, Washington, U.S.A.
36. Peter Friedman, PhD, Member, American Geophysical Union, Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
37. Edgar Gärtner, Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA, en Ecologie appliquée, Redaktionsbüro), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
38. William Gilles, BS (Management of Information Sciences), MBA, National Director, Collegians For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
39. Tom W. Glaser, BA, MA (U.S. History, Florida International University), Master of International Management (American Graduate School of International Management), Social Studies Teacher, (Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools), Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Oakland Park, Florida, U.S.A.
40. Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor, Royal Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering), Secretary General KTH International Climate Seminar 2006 and Climate analyst, Stockholm, Sweden
41. Stanley B. Goldenberg, Research Meteorologist, NOAA, AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
42. Alan M. Gottlieb, BS (Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee), President, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.
43. Allan Gotthelf, PhD, Visiting Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
44. Vincent Gray, PhD, New Zealand Climate Coalition, expert reviewer for the IPCC, author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of Climate Change 2001, Wellington, New Zealand
45. William M. Gray, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Dept. of Atmospheric Science), Colorado State University, Head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
46. Kesten C. Green, PhD, Business and Economic Forecasting Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
47. Kirtland C. Griffin, Quality Engineer, Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
48. Kenneth Haapala, MS (Economics), Economic Modeling, Energy Economics, (Self Employed), Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
49. Lars B. Hagen, BSME, MSEE, Engineer (retired, large computing systems development engineer), educator, math and science courses, Moneta, Virginia, U.S.A.
50. David Hann, State Senator, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S.A.
51. Tom Harris, B. Eng., M. Eng. (Mech.), Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
52. Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor (Physics), University of Connecticut, The Energy Advocate, Pueblo West, Colorado, U.S.A.
53. Laurence Hecht, BS, Dipl (Universal Ecological Academy, Moscow), Editor-in-Chief, 21st Century Science & Technology Magazine, Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
54. Peter M. Holle, MBAdmin (University of Wisconsin at Madison), President, Frontier Center for Public Policy, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
55. Art Horn, Meteorologist (honors, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont), operator, The Art of Weather, operator, The Art of Weather, U.S.A.
56. Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
57. Andrei Illarionov, PhD, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, U.S.A., founder and director of the Institute of Economic Analysis, Russia
58. Don Irvine, Chairman, Accuracy In Media, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
59. Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, physicist, Senior Science Advisor of the Scientific Council of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw, Poland
60. Kelvin Kemm, MSc, PhD (Nuclear Physics), Business Strategy Consultant and Nuclear Power policy developer, CEO, Stratek Business Strategy Consultants, Pretoria, South Africa
61. Madhav L. Khandekar, PhD, consultant meteorologist, (former) Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Editor "Climate Research” (03-05), Editorial Board Member "Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007, Unionville, Ontario, Canada
62. William Kininmonth MSc, MAdmin, former head of Australia’s National Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization’s Commission for Climatology, Kew, Victoria, Australia
63. Theodore J. Kowalyshyn, MD (Hahnemann University, Philadelphia), B.Sc. (Mining Engineering), semi-retired physician working in internal medicine and formerly in hematology and oncology, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
64. Martin Krause, PhD (economics, ESEADE Graduate School), Buenos Aires, Argentina
65. Hans H.J. Labohm, PhD, economist, former advisor to the executive board, Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands Institute of International Relations), Leimuiden, The Netherlands
66. George Landrith, LLB, adjunct professor at the George Mason School of Law, President, Frontiers of Freedom Institute (FF.org), Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
67. Brian Lavelle, Attorney (University of Virginia School of Law), The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.
68. Simon Lee, The Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong, China
69. David R. Legates, PhD, Director, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A.
70. Jay Lehr, BEng (Princeton), PhD (environmental science and ground water hydrology), Science Director, The Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
71. John Liljegren, Law Degree, JD (University of California, Berkeley), Chief Operating Officer, Mastery Learning Institute (network of Arthur Academy Charter Schools), Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
72. Floy Lilley, BS, JD, Adjunct Faculty, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A.
73. Michael Limburg, Engineer, deputy press-speaker of Europäisches Institut für Klima & Energie (EIKE - European Institute for Climate & Energy), Groß Glienicke, Germany
74. Bob Long, B.E. (Electrical, University of Queensland), Diploma of Computer Science, Electrical Engineer; Computer Scientist, author of the 1988 booklet "Greenhouse Hokum", Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
75. Howard Maccabee, PhD, MD, President, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, Alamo, California, U.S.A.
76. Jennifer Marohasy, BSc, PhD, Biologist, Writer, Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs, Director, Australian Environment Foundation, Sydney, Australia
77. Jim Martin, President of 60 Plus Association, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
78. Ian C. McClintok, New South Wales Farmers Association, New South Wales, Australia
79. Owen McShane, Resource Economist, Centre for Resource Management Studies, New Zealand; policy panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
80. Amos Meyer, Theoretical Physics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling, Chief Scientist, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
81. Steven J. Milloy, BA (Natural Sciences, Johns Hopkins University), Master of Health Sciences (Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health), Juris Doctorate (University of Baltimore), Master of Laws (Georgetown University Law Center), Portfolio Manager, Free Enterprise Action Fund, Founder and Publisher, JunkScience.com, Potomac, Maryland, U.S.A.
82. Ferenc Mark Miskolczi, PhD, atmospheric physicist, formerly of NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.
83. Christopher Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, Chief Policy Advisor, Science and Public Policy Institute, Quantification of Climate Sensitivity, Carie, Rannoch, Scotland
84. Paul E. Morris, MD (retired), Oakland, California, U.S.A.
85. Todd Nesbit, PhD (economics), Assistant Professor of Economics, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
86. Muriel Newman, Doctor of [Mathematics] Education (EdD, Rutgers University), BSc (Auckland, NZ), New Zealand Centre for Political Research, former Member of Parliament (NZ), WHANGAREI, New Zealand
87. Marita Noon, Executive Director, Citizens' Alliance for Responsible Energy (CARE), Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
88. James J. O'Brien, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University, Florida, U.S.A.
89. Alan P. Patarga, Secretary, Federazione Ambiente Agricoltura, Instituto Bruno Leoni, Italy
90. R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor & Director, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center, Department of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Chair - International Climate Science Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
91. Faelton C. Perkins Jr., MA (Metallurgical Engineering), President (retired), The Henry Perkins Co,. A Meehanite Foundry, Bridgewater, Maryland, U.S.A.
92. James Poesl, MS (Environmental Policy Studies), BS (Environmental Studies), Certificate (Environmental Management and Infrastructure), Senior Environmental Policy Analyst, Decisive Action LLC, Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.A.
93. Belinda Rankin, Vice President of External Relations, Frontiers of Freedom Institute (FF.org), Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
94. Malcolm Roberts, BE (U of Qld), MBA (U of Chicago), Chartered Engineer (UK); Fellow AICD, Fellow ASQ, Director, IMC - International Montessori Council, U.S.A.; Director - Catalyst For Corporate Performance Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Australia
95. Craig Rucker, MPA, Executive Director and environmental policy expert, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
96. James Rust, PhD (Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University), MEng (Nuclear, MIT), BSc (Chemical, Purdue), Retired professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
97. Ronald J. Rychlak, JD, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.A.
98. Paul Saunders, MS (Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University), BS (University of Massachusetts), Semiconductor & Opto-electronic Device Manufacturing, Retired Senior Engineer (Process, Quality Control & Calibration), AT&T-Western Electric, Lucent Technologies, Agere Systems, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
99. Richard A. Schulman, M.A. (Columbia University), M.A. (New York University), Retired technology consultant, New York, U.S.A.
100. Peter K. Seldin, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
101. S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Environmental Sciences), University of Virginia, former director, U.S. Weather Satellite Service, Science and Environmental Policy Project, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
102. Douglas Southgate, PhD, Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
103. Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
104. Paul Spite, BAgrig, BSc (Environmental Design, Ball State University, Muncie), President, AFD Consulting (full service architectural firm), Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
105. Carlo Stagnaro, Eng, Director, Department Energy and Environment (environment/energy economics), Istituto Bruno Leoni, Torino, Italy
106. Wojciech J. Szalecki, PhD (Organic Chemistry), senior scientist, formerly University of Lodz, Poland, and University of Colorado, now in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.
107. Mitchell Taylor, PhD, Biologist (Polar Bear Specialist), Wildlife Research Section, Department of Environment, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
108. George H. Taylor, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Former State Climatologist (Oregon), Past President, American Association of State Climatologists, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
109. Ms. Maggie Thauerskold, economist, freelance writer, Helsingborg, Sweden
110. Holger Thuss, PhD (history), CFACT, Jena, Germany
111. Margaret Tse, PhD, CEO, Instituto Liberdade (Brazialian 'Think Tank'), Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
112. Anthony Watts, ItWorks/IntelliWeather, Founder, surfacestation s.org, Chico, California, U.S.A.
113. Gerd-Rainer Weber, PhD, Consulting Meteorologist, Essen, Germany
114. Steven J. Welcenbach, BS (Chemistry, University of Wisconsin), Chemist, Environmental and Waste Project, Owner and President, Alchemical Ventures, Inc, majority owner and President, Third Coast Courier Inc, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A.