Examining ESG

  SCIENCE Pervasive Warming Bias in CMIP6 Tropospheric Layers  "It has long been known that previous generations of climate models exhibit excessive warming rates in the tropical troposphere. With the release of the CMIP6 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Version 6) climate model archive we can now update the comparison. We examined historical (hindcast) runs from 38 CMIP6 models in which the models were run using historically observed forcings. We focus on the 1979–2014 interval, the maximum for which all models and observational data are available and for which the models were run with historical forcings. What was previously a tropical bias is now global. All model runs warmed faster than observations in the lower troposphere and midtroposphere, in the tropics, and globally. On average, and in most individual cases, the trend difference is significant. Warming trends in models tend to rise with the model Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS), and we present evidence th...

 Welcome to the 52nd week of this correspondence. When I look back I see a few evolutions in how we've organized the material and the process has been very clarifying. This week's post includes a dozen links, but check out the second one in the Science category, where three eminent scientists present a remarkably lucid short summary of the scientific case against climate alarmism.  SCIENCE • Infrared Radiative Effects of Increasing CO2 and CH4 on the Atmosphere in Antarctica Compared to the Arctic • Papering over dissent • ClimateMovie Fact Check: Exaggerated warming in the Northern Hemisphere land record INVESTMENT/ECONOMICS • The fossil fuel industry should defend itself against Congressional smears • EV range anxiety? Gas vehicles dwarf EVs on the average number of miles driven. Electric vehicles are also more expensive to drive than other fuel types. • Cooking the Books - Exposing the lunacy of the Green New Math™ • The call to abandon ESG is a plea for indig...

For one year we have been writing to a Canadian mutual fund company executive, exchanging ideas. We hope the exec has been finding a little time to compare how the scientific and economic literature contrast sharply with the most common issue associated with ESG: the idea of a dangerous, man-made, carbon-dioxide induced global warming. Last year in the fund company's corporate ESG report almost all the shareholder proposals and engagements the company was involved with related to carbon dioxide and its consequences - astonishing considering it is the gas of life on Earth...  Our contention from the start has been that it appears no one at the company has done a proper, full-context due diligence on the facts underlying the ideas of dangerous man-made climate change, net zero, energy transition, sustainability, and similar terms. Thus, the company has, in marketing materials, product launches, and internal policies, adopted provably false ideas that in the long run can only harm the...

  SCIENCE Climatic consequences of the process of saturation of radiation absorption in gases  "This article provides a brief review of research on the impact of anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration on Earth's climate. A simplified analysis of resonant radiation absorption in gases is conducted. Building upon the material from the cited articles, theoretical and empirical relationships between radiation absorption and the mass of the absorbing material are presented. The concept of saturation mass is introduced. Special attention is given to the phenomenon of thermal radiation absorption saturation in carbon dioxide. By comparing the saturation mass of CO2 with the quantity of this gas in Earth's atmosphere, and analyzing the results of experiments and measurements, the need for continued and improved experimental work is suggested to ascertain whether additionally emitted carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is indeed a greenhouse gas." "...in t...

  Welcome to another weekly collection of Examining ESG. This week features: SCIENCE • Extreme Weather and Climate Change • Saving Climate From the Greens INVESTMENT/ECONOMICS • The Earth and Civilization Have Been Saved By Fossil Fuels • A Wealth-Creating Way of Reducing Global CO2 Emissions • New Study Identifies Big Reductions In US Natural Gas Emissions • New York Shows Off Its Expertise In Central Planning: The Buffalo Billion • Why you shouldn’t be alarmed about unusually warm temperatures • Ronald Stein: Environmentalists’ silence on humanity and environmental atrocities • Trillions in taxpayer subsidies haven’t made wind and solar power cheaper or better for Americans • Abolish DEI Statements - Assessing a debate about a controversial hiring practice • Sustainable investments lagging interest: Mackenzie Investments survey ABSURDITIES • Melting ice both speeds up and slows down time • 'Net-Zero' a Problem? Just Change the Name! SCIENCE Extreme W...