From Benny Peiser's Global Warming Policy Foundation

Shale Gas Can Help To Tackle Climate Change – IPCC

'Climate Pushed To The Margins Of Energy Policy Around The World'

Shale gas can help the world to avoid dangerous climate change if it replaces coal in power stations, according to a United Nations report. The IPCC was silent, however, on how much investment there should be in each source of energy. It said it was up to each country to decide on the mix of energy sources it needed to meet its share of the global emissions target. --Ben Webster, The Times, 14 April 2014

The United Nations (UN) has delivered its latest verdict on the measures necessary to save the world from global warming and the news is as grim as it is predictable and wearisomely familiar. This action will set back economic growth, involve significant "behavioural change" and "devalue fossil fuel assets", the report admits. But only with "major institutional and technological changes" can the world avert an even greater threat. If no action is taken, it warns, temperatures may rise by as much as 4.8 degrees C by 2100. --James Delingpole, Breitbart London, 14 April 2014

The report is written in extreme language, of course it is, because that is what the IPCC does. But what is unusual about this one is its support for nuclear energy and shale gas - for which the greens will hate it. Not that any of this matters. The IPCC is no longer taken seriously by governments around the world and decarbonization has ceased to be one of their major priorities. Thanks to the crisis in the Ukraine and the state of the global economy, they are now much more interested in energy security and economic competitiveness than they are in 'combating climate change.--Benny Peiser, Breitbart London, 14 April 2014

Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said: “This is the first IPCC report that will be largely ignored by most policymakers. It will have no influence on governments’ energy policies that are now almost completely dominated by energy security and economic considerations. Around the world the climate issue is being pushed to the margins of decision making.” --Ben Webster, The Times, 14 April 2014