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The IPCC’s doomsday scenario is dead, but not yet buried

By Marcel Crok|May 6, 2026|Tags: Climate change, Climate policy, climate scenarios, IPCC, RCP8.5|

Finally, the IPCC’s doomsday scenario is being tossed in the trash. The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant deemed the news important enough for the front page. Marcel Crok wrote as early as 2018 that the IPCC’s extreme scenario was untenable. However, the wheels of science turn slowly, and so it took more than eight years for this insight to be recognized by the scientific community.

Samuel Furfari on COP’s and climate policy: “Just blah blah”

By Clintel Foundation|May 5, 2026|Tags: Climate change debate, climate conferences, COP climate policy, Energy policy, global emissions, Samuel Furfari|

In a recent podcast with Tom Nelson, energy expert Prof. Samuel Furfari speaks about the nonsense of COP’s and of climate policy in general. But he is also cautiously optimistic about the future: “If the next UN leader comes from Africa or Asia rather than Europe, they may adopt a more pragmatic and ‘sober vision’ of climate policy.”

“Timbit” Carbon Taxes and Net Zero Goals Limit Canadian Economy

By Clintel Foundation|May 3, 2026|Tags: Canada carbon tax, carbon pricing, CCUS, climate policy Canada, economic impact climate policy, Net Zero Canada, oil sands|

The Canadian Climate Institute claims that the industrial carbon price amounts to only a “Timbit" per barrel of costs (value ~CAD 0.50) and that there is almost "zero" economic impact on households; these claims are disputed by Friends of Science Society in a new video explainer, "Timbit Carbon Tax". 

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The IPCC’s doomsday scenario is dead, but not yet buried

By Marcel Crok|May 6, 2026|Tags: Climate change, Climate policy, climate scenarios, IPCC, RCP8.5|

Finally, the IPCC’s doomsday scenario is being tossed in the trash. The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant deemed the news important enough for the front page. Marcel Crok wrote as early as 2018 that the IPCC’s extreme scenario was untenable. However, the wheels of science turn slowly, and so it took more than eight years for this insight to be recognized by the scientific community.

Samuel Furfari on COP’s and climate policy: “Just blah blah”

By Clintel Foundation|May 5, 2026|Tags: Climate change debate, climate conferences, COP climate policy, Energy policy, global emissions, Samuel Furfari|

In a recent podcast with Tom Nelson, energy expert Prof. Samuel Furfari speaks about the nonsense of COP’s and of climate policy in general. But he is also cautiously optimistic about the future: “If the next UN leader comes from Africa or Asia rather than Europe, they may adopt a more pragmatic and ‘sober vision’ of climate policy.”

“Timbit” Carbon Taxes and Net Zero Goals Limit Canadian Economy

By Clintel Foundation|May 3, 2026|Tags: Canada carbon tax, carbon pricing, CCUS, climate policy Canada, economic impact climate policy, Net Zero Canada, oil sands|

The Canadian Climate Institute claims that the industrial carbon price amounts to only a “Timbit" per barrel of costs (value ~CAD 0.50) and that there is almost "zero" economic impact on households; these claims are disputed by Friends of Science Society in a new video explainer, "Timbit Carbon Tax". 

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