Marc Morano: the best time for climate realism in the last 50 years
At the 16th ICCC in Washington, D.C., Marc Morano argues that the global climate agenda is weakening, calling this the most promising moment for climate realism in the past 50 years.
Marc Morano
Marcel Crok
Date: 12 April 2026
The final talk of the 16th International Conference on Climate Conference in Washington DC (8 and 9 April) was given by Marc Morano of the website climatedepot.com. Morano is a longtime follower of the climate agenda (he visited close to all the yearly Conference of the Parties, COP’s). He gave a fascinating overview of how the climate agenda has been crumbling down in the past year or so, not only in the US but around the globe (although Europeans maybe notice this less). He concluded with the remark that we live in the best times for climate realism in the last 50 years.
That’s all good news, but Morano also warned that we aren’t there yet and that the forces behind the climate agenda can or will pop up again, for example these days in the form of energy lockdowns because of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. So we have to be very vigilant. But the fact of the matter is that Trump, Chris Wright and administrator Lee Zeldin (who spoke at the Conference) are punching big holes in the climate agenda currently and that the other side is not fighting back at all. They seem to have given up, maybe because of a lack of funding (Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Larry Fink all moved away from the climate agenda, partly or mainly because of their interests in AI for which you need dispatchable energy).
The Conference in Washington is organised every year by the Heartland Institute. Clintel and The Heartland Institute (and maybe other organisations) have serious plans to organise next year’s conference in The Netherlands.
The complete recordings of both days (in both rooms) are available on the conference website. You can see the presentation by Clintel Director Marcel Crok: here.
Watch Marc Morano’s lecture below:
more news
Twenty-five years of German energy transition: a way not to go
Twenty-five years of German energy transition: a way not to go The German „Energy Transition” has failed and its interventions in the economy and nature will burden the country for generations to come: disposal of obsolete wind and solar plants, restoration of the landscape and development of a reliable electricity supply. How could it [...]
Benny Peiser: “The political consensus around climate is broken”
Benny Peiser: “The political consensus around climate is broken” Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation for the last 15 years, gave a talk for the Clintel Foundation in The Netherlands in late November. Photo credit: http://www.mkfotografie.nl/ Clintel Foundation Date: 15 [...]
Climate Change over the past 4000 Years
Climate Change over the past 4000 Years In this article, we explore the climate variations over the past 4,000 years, drawing on paleoclimate data and historical records. From the warm periods of the Minoan and Roman eras to the colder Little Ice Age, we examine how natural climate shifts have shaped human [...]
