Tom Nelson

Julian Morris presents slides on climate change: global temperatures have risen since 1850 and human greenhouse gas emissions plausibly contribute via radiative forcing, but he argues harms are not worsening. Using the EM-DAT disaster database, he notes reported extreme-weather disasters rose while geophysical disasters rose similarly, suggesting reporting and population effects; meanwhile climate-disaster mortality has fallen over 90% since the 1920s due to adaptation, technology, trade, infrastructure, warnings, and better buildings. He highlights long-term declines in energy and CO2 per GDP and potential decoupling, attributing progress to innovation and institutions like free markets and property rights. He critiques democratically unaccountable NGO–foundation–intergovernmental coalitions, discusses perverse incentives in conservation (rhino horn trade bans), ethanol mandates, and possible blockchain tracking for wildlife products.

00:00 Meet Julian Morris
01:02 Is the World Warming
01:33 Are Humans Causing It
02:24 Disaster Counts Rising
04:51 Why Disasters Get Counted
06:21 Deaths From Disasters Fall
07:46 How Humans Adapt
11:03 Should We Worry Next
11:34 Efficiency Cuts Emissions
13:57 Energy Decouples From CO2
16:20 Fuel Shifts Over Time
21:13 Tech Efficiency Breakthroughs
23:18 Projecting To Net Zero
24:37 Environmental Kuznets Curve
27:24 Institutions Drive Decoupling
29:48 Policy Takeaways And Tradeoffs
31:54 Global Carbon Intensity Trends
32:22 Hurricanes And Alarmism
32:47 Lighting Progress Metrics
33:44 Segmented Sleep Debate
35:07 Democratic Deficit Ecosystem
37:32 Climate Coalition Incentives
39:39 Declining Climate Credibility
42:13 Availability Cascades Explained
43:35 Perverse NGO Incentives
46:10 Rhino Horn Trade Ban Fallout
50:42 Saving Species With Trade
51:59 Ethanol Baptist Bootleggers
54:54 Blockchain For Provenance
57:26 Wrap Up And Resources

https://reason.org/author/julian-morris/
https://x.com/Julian_Morris
Defending Democracy from the DoDOs: How Power Escapes Democratic Control: https://laweconcenter.org/resources/defending-democracy-from-the-dodos-part-i-how-power-escapes-democratic-control/
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Professor Demetris Koutsoyiannis presents a 2020 talk arguing the “climate change agenda” is political, tracing it to Henry Kissinger’s 1974 UN speech and subsequent WMO, CIA, U.S. agency actions, leading to the CO2 program, world climate conferences, and the IPCC’s 1988 creation. He reviews Time magazine’s shifting narratives from global cooling to warming and CO2, then describes elite networks and philanthropy—especially Rockefeller-linked funding—aimed at moving climate from science to policy, promoting carbon pricing, and expanding global governance. He draws a historical analogy to Rockefeller-supported eugenics and warns of emergency politics limiting rights. In discussion, he contrasts Greek and U.S. belief levels and says COVID fears waned in Greece while climate remains influential.

00:00 Intro and Talk Setup
01:43 Roadmap and Sources
03:15 1973-74 Power Players
05:45 Kissinger Career Background
06:44 Five Labors Overview
10:16 Climate Alert at UN
12:38 Cooling Scare and Agencies
14:38 CO2 Program to IPCC Birth
16:42 Climategate and IPCC Politics
19:00 Time Magazine Narrative Shift
19:30 From Ice Age to CO2 Villain
22:57 Rio to Kyoto Green Industry
24:47 Panic Marketing and Activism
26:38 Greta and Climate Migration
28:15 COVID vs Climate Messaging
31:09 Part Three World Saviors
31:30 Rockefeller Web of Influence
33:34 Money Geography and Oil Roots
35:32 Big Oil Meets Big Green
37:11 Grantmaking and Consensus
37:56 Rockefeller Climate Strategy
39:29 Divestment and Multi Agenda Grants
41:14 Foundation Funding Machine
42:53 Podesta Emails Elite Coordination
44:26 Big Green Mega Projects
45:27 Climate Emergency State
48:35 Climate as Global Governance Vehicle
51:58 Supranational Solutions Go Mainstream
55:12 Paris COP Influence Network
56:53 Eugenics Historical Parallel
59:25 From Consensus to State Policy
01:02:31 Epilogue Doom Predictions
01:04:09 COVID Pivot and World Order
01:08:56 Closing Truth and Freedom
01:11:22 Q and A Wrap Up

Home page: https://www.itia.ntua.gr/en/dk/
Substack: https://climath.substack.com/
The political origin of the climate change agenda: https://www.itia.ntua.gr/en/docinfo/2035/
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Jules de Waart, an 84-year-old former geologist, Dutch parliamentarian, civil servant, and physical geographer, discusses returning to climate topics after retirement and writing his skeptical book, "Crisis or Hoax," after an article was refused. He describes translating it to English using translation software and later joining the CO2 Coalition. Using geological and satellite-temperature slides, he argues Earth’s climate has long cycled through icehouse/greenhouse periods, the Holocene had earlier warm periods, and recent temperature spikes align with natural factors rather than CO2. He disputes claims of a strong scientific consensus, cites studies showing few papers explicitly quantify IPCC dominance, critiques alarmist messaging, and urges defending the scientific method and caution on geoengineering.

00:00 Meet Jules de Waart
02:49 Why He Wrote The Book
03:08 Research And Translation Process
06:13 Two Big Climate Questions
10:26 Deep Time Climate History
14:32 Holocene Warm Periods
18:25 IPCC 1990 And Hockey Stick
21:02 Satellites Spikes And Natural Drivers
25:43 Debunking The 97 Percent Consensus
30:59 Scary Messaging And White Lies
34:19 Is The Narrative Cracking
42:49 Power Politics And Global Reset Claims
49:00 Closing Advice And Scientific Method

Amazon link for “Crisis or Hoax?: Climate change in science, media and politics”: https://a.co/d/0hF1Dizd
Tilak Doshi: “This Book by a Dissenting Climate Scientist is the Perfect Red Pill for the Curious”: https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/this-book-by-a-dissenting-climate?publication_id=2241724
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Reporter Audrey Streb discusses joining the White House press pool for The Lion, aiming to ask energy-focused questions. Drawing on her work at the Daily Caller News Foundation, she argues corporate media fuels “climate doomsday” coverage by spotlighting supportive studies and ignoring contrary ones, and she outlines tactics like calling out bad data, highlighting underplayed leads, and framing stories for readers. She cites reporting on retracted climate research, sea-level findings, China’s coal use and its comments on EPA rule rollbacks, and national-security risks from Chinese solar inverters. Her questioning of EPA Administrator Zeldin helped spur Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ bill to block foreign adversaries from commenting on U.S. rulemaking. She also mentions Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund scrutiny, climate litigation “lawfare,” and trade-offs in wind/solar.

00:00 Meet Audrey Streb
00:38 Energy Reporter Origins
01:46 Climate Myth Machine
03:56 Calling Out Bad Data
05:53 China and Energy Security
09:04 Asking the Questions
14:19 Swampy Climate Funds
15:38 Tradeoffs of Wind Solar
21:01 White House Press Pool
23:35 Allies and Conferences
24:43 Scientists and Media Attacks
27:20 Who to Read Next
29:26 New Investigations Ahead
31:33 Climate Lawfare Explained
36:15 Grid Risks from China Tech
39:01 Will the Hysteria Return
41:17 Gas Prices and Politics
43:33 Closing Thoughts and Impact

https://x.com/AudreyLStreb
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Matt Ridley discusses an NIH invitation from Jay Bhattacharya to speak on scientific freedom and argues the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely caused by a lab leak than a natural spillover, citing Wuhan research on engineered sarbecoviruses, lack of an infected animal host, and alleged cover-ups. He says scientific institutions resisted debate, harming trust in science, and notes historical lab leaks and ongoing biosecurity and bioterrorism risks. Ridley also critiques overclaims about COVID measures and vaccines and connects pandemic-driven skepticism to climate debates. He then explains themes from his books on progress and on bird sexual selection, lekking, bowerbirds, and how female choice drives beauty, plus brief Darwin and family-history anecdotes.

00:00 NIH Invite and Lab Leak
01:08 Evidence and Coincidences
02:50 Establishment Pushback
04:49 Science Trust Fallout
07:00 History of Lab Leaks
08:34 Biosecurity and Terror Risk
10:32 Defining Gain of Function
11:57 Pandemic Cynicism and Policy
14:14 Climate Debate Parallels
18:44 Rational Optimist Progress
21:12 Neanderthals and Exchange
25:36 Gene Culture Coevolution
31:33 Bird Sex and Beauty Intro
33:56 Sexy Son Hypothesis
36:14 Sexual Selection vs Natural
37:10 Why Birds Look Beautiful
40:27 Wood Thrush Song Evolution
41:28 Bowerbirds Invent Art
43:26 Peacock Tail Debates
45:33 City Life Drives Evolution
47:47 Traffic and Telegraph Selection
51:42 Birds Are Poetry
53:18 Irish Elk Mega Antlers
56:25 Black Grouse Lek Video
58:13 Darwin Marries Cousin
01:00:45 Family Estate Through Centuries
01:03:59 Wrap Up and Invitation

https://x.com/mattwridley
https://www.mattridley.co.uk/blog/
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