A hot topic, global warming

Iain Murray writes about some seemingly less than diplomatic behaviour by Sir David King (chief scientific adviser to the British government) and his delegation at an international seminar on climate change and the Kyoto Protocol held in Moscow on July 7 and 8. It seems like the British delegation walked out after failing to, how shall I put this, gain more 'editorial control' over what was said at the seminar. In response to this behaviour, Andrei Illarionov (Adviser to the President, Russian Federation) remarked:

"It is not for us to give an assessment to what happened, but in our opinion the reputation of British science, the reputation of the British government, and the reputation of the title 'Sir' has sustained heavy damage."

This whole thing seems to have turned into a bit of a brawl. Illarionov, someone called Douma and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for the Moscow Times, trade 'blows' in this letter exchange.

Science was never this exciting when I was at school, though once one kid did melt the teacher's pen using a Bunsen burner.

Posted by John at July 29, 2004 08:09 AM | TrackBack