THE UNCERTAINTY BUSINESS: CLIMATE

CLIMATE: RISKS and BENEFITS

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THE SUN PAYS NO HEED TO HUMAN COMMITTEES*

What you need to know about climate change and other related weather/climate matters.

Sunset from a cruise ship in Western Australia Photo: John Maunder

..there is nothing new under the sun" ECCLESIASTES 1:9

"The Uncertainty Business: Risks and Opportunties in Weather and Climate" by Dr John Maunder, Methuen, London, 1986, 420pp

The information given on the web pages listed below is provided by Dr John Maunder, President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization from 1989 to 1997, who over the last 60 years has been involved in the "weather business" in various countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Canada, US, Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK , through activities in national weather services, universities and international organizations, and publications including four books : "The Value of the Weather" (1970), "The Uncertainty Business - Risks and Opportunties in Weather and Climate" (1986), "The Human Impact of Climate Uncertainty - Weather Information, Economic Planning, and Business Management " (1989), and the "Dictionary of Global Climate Change" (1994). The information is prepared so as to provide a "need to know" background on weather and climate matters, climate change, and "global warming" with the aim to promote a better understanding of these complex matters.

Among other things the author was the only New Zealander invited, along with 100 other experts, to the "original" international conference on ".., the role of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in climate variations and associated aspects " held in Villach, Austria in October 1985. The findings of this conference led to the development in 1988 of the Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

There are a variety of viewpoints on this subject (covering the full range from those who consider that we ARE the principal weather makers, to those who consider that we are NOT the weather makers and that climate change is mainly a natural event**). I have provided web links to a selection of what I consider to be relevant sites, covering all sides of this complex matter.

For my web sites which gives links to all my weather/climate related web sites just click on:

https://sites.google.com/site/climatediceandthebutterfly/

https://sites.google.com/site/theweatherclimateeye/

Updated: May 14, 2015