# Climate Realists of British Columbia - Canonical URL: https://climaterealists.ca/ - Language: en-US - Generated: 2026-08-09 ## Pages - [Speakers Bureau](https://climaterealists.ca/speakers-bureau/): Climate Realists of British Columbia is happy to speak to your group in the Greater Victoria area. At the moment we have one talk, based on Paul MacRae's book Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen's… - [Bookshelf](https://climaterealists.ca/bookshelf/): Through the Looking Glass: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science By Paul MacRae Through the Looking Glass takes readers deep into the ‘science’ of climate science to reveal the fanciful, Alice in… - [Climate 101](https://climaterealists.ca/climate101/): On this page you will find basic background information on climate, such as the planet's geological history and the real effects of CO2 on climate (i.e., not nearly as much as we're told), that every… - [Contact us](https://climaterealists.ca/contact-us/): We’d like to hear from you! Please fill out the form below with your name and email and, if you wish, a message, and we’ll get back to you. You are also very welcome to join our group—just let us… - [Who are we?](https://climaterealists.ca/): For our latest Posts, click here. Climate Realists of British Columbia is an informal association of professionals, including scientists and engineers, who draw on a wide range of skills and… - [Members](https://climaterealists.ca/members/): On this page, you will find a list of some of the members and supporters of Climate Realists of British Columbia, and some of their reasons for becoming climate realists. For more details about each… - [Other voices](https://climaterealists.ca/voices/): On this page, we include articles from and links to other sources of realistic climate information. A British perspective on Net Zero: Green energy can't deliver the power we need by 2050 Interview… - [Our goals](https://climaterealists.ca/goals/): Our primary goal is to promote strategically focused, well-coordinated, and scientifically sound communications on the issue of “climate change” to help save society the up-to $1.3-trillion a year… - [Posts](https://climaterealists.ca/posts/): Jeffrey Foss: Why I am not an environmentalist By Jeffrey E. Foss Note: This is a slight update of a lecture by our Climate Realists colleague Dr. Jeffrey Foss, philosophy professor emeritus at the… - [Notes](https://climaterealists.ca/notes/): On this page, members of the Climate Realists group and others offer notes and observations about climate change and our approach to it. Worth quoting: This isn’t the first time the world has ‘ended’… ## Posts - [x](https://climaterealists.ca/x-2/): ‘Climate change’ isn’t taking food off your table - [x](https://climaterealists.ca/x/): ‘Climate change’ isn’t taking food off your table - [‘Climate change’ isn’t taking food off your table](https://climaterealists.ca/climate-change-isnt-taking-food-off-your-table/): By BJORN LOMBORG, National Post, July 23, 2026 Summary: Climate change is not threatening everyday staples like coffee and olive oil, nor is it causing supply shortages and price increases. In fact… - [Submission to the CleanBC Review Panel by Climate Realists of B.C.](https://climaterealists.ca/submission-to-the-cleanbc-review-panel-by-climate-realists-of-b-c/): In 2025, the B.C. government asked for submissions assessing its CleanBC climate policy. This is Climate Realists of B.C.'s response to this call for submissions. By Patrick Hunt, President, Climate… - [‘No business case’ for LNG? Justin Trudeau’s poor judgment costing Canada dearly](https://climaterealists.ca/no-business-case-for-lng-justin-trudeaus-poor-judgment-costing-canada-dearly/): Scarcity of LNG due to Ukraine and Iran wars means many nations are hungry for our natural gas—if only we could supply it By Geoff Russ, Energy Now Media, March 24, 2026 As missiles hit Gulf energy… - [Elbows up: Canada’s destructive economic path](https://climaterealists.ca/elbows-up-canadas-destructive-economic-path/): By Cornelis Van Kooten, Climate Realists of B.C., July 2026 Summary: Canada’s climate goals, including a national clean-energy grid and zero-polluting homes while excessive regulation strangles… - [Welcome to Carney’s Exemptocracy—play ball or pay the price](https://climaterealists.ca/welcome-to-carneys-exemptocracy-play-ball-or-pay-the-price/): Mark Carney promised competent, nation-building governance. What we're getting is something more familiar—blatant pork-barrel politics—and even more corrosive to good government and democracy By… - [IPCC’s own model shows carbon taxes will have trivial effect on ‘global warming’](https://climaterealists.ca/ipcc-model/): MAGICC calculator reveals that cuts in carbon emissions will reduce 'warming' by a fraction of a degree Celsius, while costing trillions of dollars. By Paul MacRae, Climate Realists of B.C., October… - [Is CO2 the ‘thermostat’ of temperature, as orthodox climate science teaches? Answer: no](https://climaterealists.ca/thermostat/): Over recent and deep geological time, when temperature and carbon dioxide are correlated, temperature is the 'control knob' of CO2, not vice-versa. Otherwise there is almost no correlation By Paul… - [CO2 is greening and cooling the planet, not destroying it!](https://climaterealists.ca/greening/): Plants cool the Earth through photosynthesis and shading. More CO2 means more plant life, and more plant life means more cooling! By Paul MacRae, Climate Realists of B.C., April 21, 2026 Summary… - [Even the IPCC no longer supports climate activists’ ‘extreme weather’ claims](https://climaterealists.ca/extreme/): IPCC has abandoned claims of more floods, droughts, storms, heat waves, etc., due to fossil-fuel emissions—but alarmists still beat the 'extreme weather' drum By Tom Harris, America Outloud News… - [IPCC’s own model shows that carbon taxes won’t affect warming—but they will make us much poorer](https://climaterealists.ca/carbon-tax/): MAGICC calculator reveals that cuts in carbon emissions will reduce 'warming' by a fraction of a degree Celsius, while globally costing trillions of dollars. By Paul MacRae, Climate Realists of B.C… - [Here comes the omnicult, courtesy of the Green Party](https://climaterealists.ca/here-comes-the-omnicult-courtesy-of-the-green-party/): International Peace Charter solves the all world's problems with the stroke of a pen! By John Robson, Climate Nonsense, June 7, 2026 As we’ve noted, climate alarmism is in trouble on two key fronts… - [Trump post creates ‘psychiatric moment’ for media and its biased climate reporting](https://climaterealists.ca/trump-creates-psychiatric-moment-for-media-and-its-biased-climate-reporting/): UN panel retires 'bad news' but unrealistic RCP8.5 scenario that media took as IPCC gospel to create unnecessary climate fears By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2026 Many… - [Flinging economies about: Carney’s trendy abstractions detached from reality](https://climaterealists.ca/flinging-economies-about-carneys-trendy-abstractions-detached-from-reality/): Canada's 'new' electrical strategy—to double capacity while reducing reliance on fossil fuels at a cost of $ trillion—is unaffordable and unrealistic to the point of insanity. But PM's grandiose… - [Latest climate scare: Warmth and CO2 will kill the plants!](https://climaterealists.ca/latest-climate-scare-warmth-and-co2-will-kill-the-plants/): At what previous point in Earth’s history did a gentle increase in temperature and atmospheric CO2 convert lush valleys into deserts? If you can’t name one, you’re making it up By John Robson… - [The end of climate extremism? Maybe…](https://climaterealists.ca/the-end-of-climate-extremism-maybe/): IPCC (finally!) abandons implausible 'doomsday' RCP8.5 scenario, which was never realistic but sold to the public as most likely outcome of 'climate change'. However, many climate alarmists vow to… - [Q&A: What is the ‘common sense’ approach to ‘climate change’?](https://climaterealists.ca/common-sense/): A primer for politicians, political candidates and voters on the many problems with the theory of 'human-caused (and potentially apocalyptic) global warming' By Climate Realists of B.C., Oct 18, 2024… - [New Ice-Core Study Finds No Clear link between CO₂ and Temperature](https://climaterealists.ca/new-ice-core-study-finds-no-clear-link-between-co₂-and-temperature/): While temperatures rose and fell 3 million years ago as part of the ice-age cycle, carbon dioxide levels oscillated by 20 ppm. Rather than give up the Net Zero fantasy, climate alarmists argue this… - [Meet Tea Johansson: A teenage climate realist](https://climaterealists.ca/meet-tea-johansson-video-by-a-teenage-climate-realist/): 10-minute video by a high-school student shows clearly that climate science is far from 'settled' and that carbon dioxide cannot be the 'control knob' of climate By Iowa Climate Science Education… - [Video review of Paul MacRae’s climate book, Through the Looking Glass](https://climaterealists.ca/video-review-of-paul-macraes-climate-book-through-the-looking-glass/): Michelle Stirling of Friends of Science has narrated a nine-minute review by former Canadian diplomat Derek Burney of Paul MacRae's 2023 book Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen's Do-It-Yourself… - [A vindication of Bjorn Lomborg—the Skeptical Environmentalist was right all along…](https://climaterealists.ca/a-vindication-of-bjorn-lomborg-the-skeptical-environmentalist-was-right-all-along/): Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers. Eventually the narrative is revealed as false By Marian L. Tupy, Quillette, March… - [Book review: Paul MacRae’s ‘Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science’](https://climaterealists.ca/book-review-paul-macraes-through-the-looking-glass-a-citizens-do-it-yourself-guide-to-climate-science/): By Derek Burney, Western Standard, February 14, 2026 Derek H. Burney is a former 30-year career diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States of America from 1989-1993 Paul MacRae’s book… - [If COP30 wants to crack down on climate ‘misinformation,’ it could start by cleaning its own house](https://climaterealists.ca/if-cop30-wants-to-crack-down-on-climate-misinformation-it-could-start-by-cleaning-its-own-house/): ‘Consensus’ climate activists and scientists have been spreading misleading information about a looming ‘climate catastrophe’ for decades. By PAUL MACRAE, Climate Realists of B.C., Jan. 28, 2026 In… - [The great climate climbdown is finally here](https://climaterealists.ca/the-great-climate-climbdown-is-finally-here/): Scientists and politicians racing for the exits as climate-catastrophe narrative collapses in face of the actual, like, facts ​By Matt Ridley, Spectator, Dec. 2, 2025 Finally, thankfully, the global… - [‘Integrity matters’ to Catherine McKenna—except when comes to climate](https://climaterealists.ca/integrity-matters-to-catherine-mckenna-except-when-comes-to-climate/): Video by former environment minister ignores inconvenient facts and promotes falsehoods to push an alarmist—and impossible—climate agenda on cities By Michelle Sterling, Western Standard, Nov. 14… - [Climate alarmists now say they never preached climate doomsday (even if they did)](https://climaterealists.ca/climate-alarmists-now-say-they-never-preached-climate-doomsday-even-if-they-did/): The doomsters are not only trying to downplay climate alarmism, but they now want us to think they never believed it in the first place. And they wonder why IPCC climate science is not trusted by the… - [UN climate alarmists aim to shut down voices that don’t conform to ‘the settled science’](https://climaterealists.ca/un-climate-alarmists-aim-to-shut-down-voices-that-dont-conform-to-the-settled-science/): Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change will quash climate debate in science and journalism. And Canada is eager to sign on By Terence Corcoran, National Post, Nov. 19, 2025 The United… - [Canadians should beware Carney’s centrally planned ‘green’ economy](https://climaterealists.ca/canadians-should-beware-carneys-centrally-planned-green-economy/): If federal government ignores reality and continues with Trudeau anti-carbon policies, thinly disguised as 'national interest' projects, Canada is facing economic and political trouble By Ron… - [Bill Gates: We can afford climate action or poverty-reduction, but not both](https://climaterealists.ca/a-zero-sum-game-we-can-afford-climate-action-or-poverty-reduction-action-but-not-both/): Gates’s memo that there is no existential climate crisis has given climate advocates conniptions. They now claim they never predicted climate doom—although they did, often—and that climate spending… - [Bill Gates sees the light on the ‘climate change’ alarmism that he helped to create](https://climaterealists.ca/bill-gates-sees-the-light-on-the-climate-change-alarmism-that-he-helped-to-create/): Billionaire recognizes that 'global warming' won't decimate civilization, and that our trillions should go to more serious problems, like improving agriculture and health in poor countries By Bill… - [What happened to climate change, the existential threat of our time?](https://climaterealists.ca/what-happened-to-climate-change-the-existential-threat-of-our-time/): Despite fearful warnings by Greta and others, we're still here. Maybe The Science is wrong after all... By Ron Hart, OA Online, October 18, 2025 Just 10 short months ago, Biden and Kamala told us… - [Bill Gates’ rejection of ‘climate doomsday’ still too alarmist, says climate scientist Judith Curry](https://climaterealists.ca/bill-gates-rejection-of-climate-doomsday-still-too-alarmist-says-climate-scientist-judith-curry/): 'Global warming' is not unusual, has never been dangerous, and will likely be a net benefit. Nor is climate something humans can control. Climate fears are deliberate disinformation leaving the… - [Media’s coral reef madness is barrier to good policy](https://climaterealists.ca/medias-coral-reef-madness-is-barrier-to-good-policy/): News about health of Australian coral is always bad even though the data shows Great Barrier Reef at record levels. Consistent bad news prods governments to waste trillions on non-existent… - [Climate scientists deliberately deceiving public about ‘accelerated’ sea-level rise](https://climaterealists.ca/climate-scientists-deliberately-deceiving-public-about-accelerated-sea-level-rise/): For years, the world’s top scientists have known that they cannot prove there has been an acceleration of sea level rise, and yet they have told the public that they can. Now we know how they did it… - [Physicists William Happer and Richard Lindzen interviewed on Joe Rogan Experience](https://climaterealists.ca/physicists-william-happer-and-richard-lindzen-on-joe-rogan-experience/): 'Science is not a source of authority, it's a methodology, based on change.' Richard Lindzen Joe Rogan William Happer Physicists William Happer and Richard Lindzen have been leading figures in the… - [How much warming are we preventing by cutting emissions? A do-it-yourself calculator](https://climaterealists.ca/how-much-warming-are-we-preventing-by-cutting-emissions-a-do-it-yourself-calculator/): According to the IPCC's own calculations, if the U.S. and Europe cut carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2100, the temperature increase averted would be a tenth of a degree Celsius, while costing $275… - [U.S. Department of Energy report debunks climate alarmism](https://climaterealists.ca/u-s-department-of-energy-report-debunks-climate-alarmism/): Study finds CO2-induced warming less damaging economically than commonly believed and that aggressive mitigation climate strategies could do more harm than good. On July 29, 2025, the Department of… - [Is Canada ready to read the room on climate policy?](https://climaterealists.ca/is-canada-ready-to-read-the-room-on-climate-policy/): As energy demand rises, world's nations can no longer wish away climate reality—energy security is national security, and that means fossil fuels By Stuart Muir, National Post, Sept. 23, 2025 We’re… - [EV mandate was always a pipe dream—time to end it once and for all](https://climaterealists.ca/ev-mandate-was-always-a-pipe-dream-time-to-end-it-once-and-for-all/): If Carney serious about turning Canada’s economy around, he will put delusional EV policy out of its misery and return to market-driven solution rather than government-mandated one By ADAM PANKRATZ… - [More Europeans turning cold shoulder to Net Zero](https://climaterealists.ca/europeans-turning-cold-shoulder-to-net-zero/): Voters are finally realizing the enormous costs of alarmist climate policies and are in revolt By Joseph C. Sternberg, The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 12, 2025 Remember net zero? Europe’s politicians… - [Learning to love nuclear power](https://climaterealists.ca/learning-to-love-nuclear-power/): By exaggerating the risks of climate change, environmental activists have undermined public support for curbs on carbon and opened the door for the nuclear solution By PHILIP CROSS, National Post… - [New study finds sea levels rising much less than climate alarmists predict](https://climaterealists.ca/new-study-finds-sea-levels-rising-much-less-than-climate-alarmists-predict/): Seas rising only 1.5 mm/year (6 inches/century), not the 3-4 mm/year claimed by IPCC, report says ​By Anthony Blair, New York Post, Sept. 4, 2025 ​Global sea levels have not continued to rise at the… - [Canada, U.S., Europe will become more ‘livable’ in the future thanks to ‘global warming’!](https://climaterealists.ca/canada-will-become-more-livable-after-global-warming/): Prediction of 'extreme' warming by 2070 shows that, far from facing a climate catastrophe, Canadians, most Americans, and most Europeans will actually be better off By Climate Realists of B.C… - [Think wildfires have never been this bad, thanks to ‘climate change’? The historical data says otherwise](https://climaterealists.ca/think-wildfires-have-never-been-this-severe-the-historical-data-says-otherwise/): Humanity has seen less burned area since 1900, not more—a fact that is rarely reported By Bjorn Lomborg, Fraser Institute, April 2025 We hear constant claims that there is more fire in the world… - [Why more greenhouse gases cannot cause more warming: A report by two prominent physicists](https://climaterealists.ca/why-more-greenhouse-gases-cannot-cause-more-warming-a-report-by-two-prominent-physicists/): Far from being dangerous, as the IPCC teaches, more carbon dioxide will create more food. However, driving GHG emissions to Net Zero and eliminating fossil fuels would be disastrous for billions of… - [The climate-related financial-risk boondoggle](https://climaterealists.ca/the-climate-related-financial-risk-boondoggle/): Attempts to 'green' finance are based on bad methods and severe conflicts of interest that put global monetary policy in peril—and Mark Carney is at the centre of it By Jessica Wienkle, The… - [The Case for Climate Realism: A Q&A for Politicians and Voters](https://climaterealists.ca/the-case-for-climate-realism-a-qa-for-politicians-and-voters/): By Climate Realists of British Columbia, May 2025 The Case for Climate Realism offers 21 Questions and Answers from a factual, climate-realist perspective for politicians, political candidates and… - [Adios, Climate Apocalypse!](https://climaterealists.ca/adios-climate-apocalypse/): Arctic ice isn't shrinking; coral reefs are thriving. Does this mean the death of climate alarmism? By Michael Shellenberger, Public News, Aug. 21, 2025 It’s been a bad couple of years for the… - [In poor countries, Net Zero isn’t the goal—it’s the problem](https://climaterealists.ca/in-poor-countries-net-zero-isnt-the-goal-its-the-problem/): Silly rhetoric about curbing carbon emissions won't give humanity the power it needs. Our best strategy is greater use of natural gas now leading to nuclear power in the near future By M.H. WARD… ## Optional - [XML Sitemap](https://climaterealists.ca/wp-sitemap.xml): Machine readable index of every public URL. - [RSS Feed](https://climaterealists.ca/feed/): Latest published content. - [Contact](https://climaterealists.ca/contact-us/) ## Usage guidance - Respect robots.txt, authentication boundaries and applicable law. - Prefer summarising over verbatim reproduction of long content. - Attribute Climate Realists of British Columbia when quoting or citing this content.