Madhav Khandekar
Credentials
- M.Sc. in Statistics from India (Pune University).
- B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics.
- M.Sc. and Ph.D., Meteorology, from Florida State University.
Source: [1]
Background
Madhav Khandekar is a retired Environment Canada scientist. The Heartland Institute describes him as "an environmental consultant on extreme weather events and a scientist with the Natural Resources Stewardship Project." [2]
Stance on Climate Change
"There is no correlation between c02 and temperature at all. In fact if we look at the temperature change over the last 100 years and link it with the c02, there is little correlation…" [3]
Key Quotes
"At this point I don’t think it’s correct to say that the planet is continuing to warm because it has essentially stayed about the same. There is no additional warming of the entire earth-atmosphere-ocean system in the last few years."
"I don't see that CO2 is inducing any climate change. CO2 may have induced a small amount of warming that we saw in the 80’s and 90’s but more importantly CO2 is an inert gas, it is not a pollutant." [4]
Key Deeds
March 30, 2009
Khandekar's signature is displayed alongside a full-page ad funded by the CATO institute that appeared in numerous newspapers including the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune in 2009.
The advertisement responds to President Obama's declaration that "few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear" by saying that "with all due respect Mr. President, that is not true." It goes on to describe how "there has been no net global warming for over a decade," and how global warming is "grossly overstated." [10]
December 13th, 2007
Khandekar signed an open letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations alleging that that the "UN climate conference is taking the World in entirely the wrong direction."
The letter was signed by 100 "Prominent Scientists." [5]
May 3, 2004
Khandekar spoke at a Cooler Heads Coalition "Congressional and Media Briefing" titled "The Impacts of Global Warming: Why the Alarmist View is Wrong."
Other speakers included global warming skeptics Paul Reiter, Nils-Axel Morner, and Patrick Michaels. [6]
Affiliations
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Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) — Past "Allied Expert." The NRSP is now defunct. [7]
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International Climate and Enviornmental Change Assessment Project (ICECAP) — "Expert." [1]
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International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) — Member, ICSC "Science Advisory Board." [8]
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Friends of Science (FoS) — Member, "Scientific Advisory Board." [9]
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The Heartland Institute — "Expert." [2]
Publications
According to a search of 22,000 academic journals, Khandekar has published 19 pieces of research in peer-reviewed journals, mainly in the area of El Nino and climate.
Many of his papers on climate change were published in the journal Energy and Environment which is edited by global warming skeptic Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, and which has been criticized for its peer-review process.
Resources
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"Experts," ICECAP. Accessed January, 2012.
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"Heartland Experts: Madhav Kandekar," The Heartland Institute. Accessed January, 2012.
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"Climate Change. Interview with Madhav Khandekar (Part 1)." YouTube video, uploaded by HLabohm on November 9, 2008. Accessed January, 2012.
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Interview with the Frontier Center for Public Policy, July 31, 2009.
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"Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations," Decemeber 13, 2007. Reprinted by the Science and Public Policy Institute.
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"Impacts of Global Warming: Why the Alarmist View is Wrong," Cooler Heads Coalition (www.globalwarming.org). Archived April 24, 2007.
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"NRSP People," Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived January 31, 2007.
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"WHO WE ARE," International Climate Science Coalition. Accessed January, 2012.
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"SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD," Friends of Science. Accessed January, 2012.
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"Climate Change Reality," The Cato Institute.
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"Deniers: Scientists: Madhav Khandekar," ExxonSecrets Wiki.
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