International Conference on Climate Change#Manhattan Declaration

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|caption = U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe with press at ICCC-10.

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|location = Washington, DC, (2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019); New York City, (2008, 2009); Chicago, (2010, 2012); Germany (2008, 2011); Australia, (2010); Las Vegas, (2014, 2021).

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|last = {{Start date and age|2023|2|24}}

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|organizer = The Heartland Institute

|filing = Nonprofit

|website = {{url|https://climateconference.heartland.org/}}

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The International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) is a climate change denial conference series organized and sponsored by The Heartland Institute which aims to bring together those who "dispute that the science is settled on the causes, consequences, and policy implications of climate change."{{cite news |author=Revkin, Andrew C. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/science/earth/09climate.html |title=Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 8, 2009 |access-date=2013-06-03}}{{cite news |title=Skeptics say humans not behind warming |url=http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/03/04/Skeptics-say-humans-not-behind-warming/UPI-24501204688506/ |publisher=UPI |date=March 4, 2008 |access-date=2013-06-03}}{{cite press release |title=Media Advisory: Heartland Institute to Host 6th International Conference on Climate Change in Washington |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8357546.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502134754/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8357546.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2011 |date=April 29, 2011 |publisher=PRWeb |access-date=2013-06-03}}

The first conference took place in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://climateconference.heartland.org/ |title=International Conference on Climate Change |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}

First conference, March 2008

The first conference was held in New York City.{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc1/ |title=ICCC–1 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}} Speakers included climatologist Patrick J. Michaels and physicist S. Fred Singer.{{cite news |author=Revkin, Andrew C. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/earth/04climate.html |title=Cool View of Science at Meeting on Warming |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 4, 2008 |access-date=2013-06-03}}

= Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change =

The conference endorsed the work of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), which is a group of climate change deniers led by Fred Singer that disputes the positions of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302781.html |title=Global Warming Skeptics Insist Humans Not at Fault |access-date=2009-03-11 |date=April 3, 2008 |newspaper=Washington Post}}{{cite news |author=Tierney, John |url=http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/global-warming-skeptics-convene-in-ny/ |title=Global-Warming Skeptics Convene in N.Y. |date=March 3, 2008 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=2009-03-11}}

Singer prepared a critique of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report called "Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate". This NIPCC report was published in March 2008 by the Heartland Institute.[http://www.heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22835 "Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314104504/http://www.heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22835 |date=14 March 2008 }}, Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, March 2, 2008, accessed April 2012. ABC News said the same month that unnamed climate scientists from NASA, Stanford, and Princeton who spoke to ABC about the report dismissed it as "fabricated nonsense."{{cite news |title=Global Warming Denier: Fraud or 'Realist'? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=4506059 |date=March 23, 2008 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=2013-06-03}} In a letter of complaint to ABC News, Singer said their piece used "prejudicial language, distorted facts, libelous insinuations, and anonymous smears".{{cite web |author=Singer, S. Fred |title=Letter to ABC News from Dr. S. Fred Singer |url=http://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/03/28/letter-abc-news-dr-s-fred-singer |date=March 28, 2008 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2013-06-03 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216064656/http://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/03/28/letter-abc-news-dr-s-fred-singer |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |author=Milloy, Steve |title=Global Smearing |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342276,00.html |date=March 27, 2008 |publisher=Fox News |access-date=2013-06-03}} Singer also said that the anonymous scientists, "are easily identified as the well-known global warming zealots Jim Hansen, Michael Oppenheimer and Steve Schneider."

= Manhattan Declaration =

The conference led to the release of the Manhattan Declaration, declaring that carbon dioxide is essential for all life and calling for the immediate halt to any tax funded attempts to counteract climate change. The declaration says "assertions of a supposed 'consensus' among climate experts are false" and recommends "that all taxes, regulations, and other interventions intended to reduce emissions of CO₂ be abandoned forthwith."{{cite press release |title=Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change |url=http://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/03/04/new-york-global-warming-conference-considers-manhattan-declaration |date=March 4, 2008 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908002729/https://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/03/04/new-york-global-warming-conference-considers-manhattan-declaration |archive-date=2012-09-08 |url-status=dead}}

It was signed by attendees at the 2008 conference, described by libertarian/conservative think-tank the Heartland Institute as consisting of "world leading climate scientists, economists, policymakers, engineers, business leaders, medical doctors, as well as other professionals and concerned citizens".{{cite press release |author=Harris, Tom |title=Hundreds Sign Climate Realist Declaration 'Global Warming' is not a Global Crisis |url=http://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/04/22/hundreds-sign-climate-realist-declaration-‘global-warming’-not-global-cris |date=April 22, 2008 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321072331/https://heartland.org/press-releases/2008/04/22/hundreds-sign-climate-realist-declaration-%E2%80%98global-warming%E2%80%99-not-global-cris |archive-date=2016-03-21 |url-status=dead}} Signatories include Fred Singer, Anthony Watts, Piers Corbyn, Ian Plimer, Robert M. Carter, Roy Spencer, David Bellamy, and Joe Bastardi.{{cite web |title=Climate experts who signed the Manhattan Declaration |url=http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66 |publisher=International Climate Science Coalition |access-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529040140/https://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66 |archive-date=2013-05-29 |url-status=dead}}

Subsequent conferences

The second conference was held in New York City with the theme, "Global Warming: Was It Ever Really a Crisis?"{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc2/ |title=ICCC–2 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}{{cite news |author=Krastev, Nikola |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/GlobalWarming_Skeptics_Raise_A_Storm_In_New_York/1507372.html |title=Global-Warming Skeptics Raise A Storm In New York |date=March 10, 2009 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |access-date=2009-03-11}} The keynote address was given by Czech Republic President Václav Klaus.{{cite news |url=http://aktualne.centrum.cz/czechnews/clanek.phtml?id=522670 |title=Czech President to speak on climate change in NYC |date=February 29, 2008 |publisher=Aktuálne.cz |access-date=2009-03-07}}{{cite news |author=Klaus, Vaclav |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23358915-17062,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822085357/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23358915-17062,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2008 |title=Climate alarmists pose real threat to freedom |date=March 12, 2008 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=2009-03-07}} Other speakers included Jack Schmitt, Richard Lindzen, Stephen McIntyre, Willam Gray, Tom McClintock{{cite magazine |url=http://reason.com/reasontv/2009/03/10/international-conference-on-cl |title=International Conference on Climate Change: Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on the contradictions of green policy |date=March 10, 2009 |magazine=Reason Magazine |access-date=2009-03-11}} and Christopher Booker.

The third conference was held in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc3/ |title=ICCC–3 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}

The 2009 report of the NIPCC, "Climate Change Reconsidered",{{cite book | title=Climate Change Reconsidered : The 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change | publisher=The Heartland Institute | year=2009 | location=Chicago | isbn=9781934791288 | last1=Idso | first1=Craig | last2=Singer | first2=S. Fred | url=http://www.nipccreport.org/reports/2009/2009report.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104165110/http://www.nipccreport.org/reports/2009/2009report.html | archive-date=2012-01-04 }} was released in conjunction with the conference.

The fourth conference was held in Chicago, Illinois with the theme, "Reconsidering the Science and Economics."{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc4/ |title=ICCC–4 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}

The fifth conference was held in Sydney, Australia.{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc5/ |title=ICCC–5 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}

The sixth conference was held in Washington, D.C., with the theme, "Restoring the Scientific Method."{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc6/ |title=ICCC–6 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}

The seventh conference was held in Chicago, Illinois, in May 2012. The theme was "Real Science, Real Choices."{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc7/ |title=ICCC–7 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}} Due to a controversial billboard ad run by the Heartland Institute leading up to the conference, there was a drop in attendance and expected speakers Donna Laframboise and Ross McKitrick cancelled in protest.{{Cite news |first=Dean |last=Kuipers |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2012-may-09-la-me-gs-unabomber-billboard-continues-to-hurt-heartland-institute-20120509-story.html |title=Unabomber billboard continues to hurt Heartland Institute |date=September 5, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2020-03-19}}{{cite news |author=Goldenberg, Suzanne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/22/heartland-beating-climate-conference |title=Heartland reflects on its beating |date=May 22, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2013-06-03}} The seventh conference was the main subject of an episode Climate of Doubt by the Frontline documentary TV series.{{cite news|first1=Catherine|last1=Upin|first2=John|last2=Hockenberry|author-link2=John Hockenberry|title=Climate of Doubt|publisher=PBS|work=Frontline|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/environment/climate-of-doubt/transcript-31/|access-date=February 23, 2018|date=October 23, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024090643/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/environment/climate-of-doubt/transcript-31/|url-status=live}}

At the end of the seventh conference, Heartland Institute president Joseph Bast announced that there were no plans to continue the conferences, due to flagging participation and funding shortfalls.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/24/heartland-institute-billboard-controversy |author=Goldenberg, Suzanne |date=May 23, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Heartland Institute in financial crisis after billboard controversy |access-date=2013-06-03}} However the conferences continued.

The eighth conference was held in Munich, Germany, in November/December 2012. It was held in partnership with the European Institute for Climate and Energy (a German nonprofit organization of climate change deniers). The event doubled as the Fifth International Conference on Climate and Energy.{{cite web |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc8/ |title=ICCC–8 |publisher=The Heartland Institute |access-date=2014-07-08}}{{cite press release | url=http://heartland.org/press-releases/2012/11/15/heartland-institute-hosts-eighth-international-conference-climate-change-g | title=Heartland Institute Hosts Eighth International Conference on Climate Change in Germany | publisher=The Heartland Institute | date=November 15, 2012 | access-date=2012-12-03}}

The ninth conference was held in Las Vegas in July 2014.

The tenth conference was held in Washington, D.C., in June 2015.{{cite web|last1=Lane|first1=Sylvan|title=Lamar Smith bashes 'discredited' EPA at climate change skeptic conference|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/lamar-smith-bashes-discredited-epa-at-climate-change-skeptic-conference.html/|website=Trail Blazers Blog|publisher=The Dallas Morning News|access-date=12 June 2015}}

The eleventh conference on was held at the Haus der Technik in Essen, Germany, in December 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc11/|title=ICCC 11 – Climate Conferences |publisher=Heartland Institute |language=en-US|access-date=2023-02-23}}

The twelfth conference was held in Washington, D.C., in March 2017.{{Cite magazine |last=Atkin |first=Emily |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Climate Deniers Are Winning—and Getting Greedy |magazine=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/141605/climate-deniers-winningand-getting-greedy |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0028-6583}} Speakers included Lamar Smith, chair of the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.{{Cite web|url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc-12/|title=ICCC 12 – Climate Conferences |publisher=Heartland Institute |language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-17}} Archives of presentations.

The thirteenth conference was held in Washington, D.C., at the Trump Hotel in July, 2019, with the theme "Best Science, Winning Energy Policies." The conference was promoted as featuring "the courageous men and women who spoke the truth about climate change during the height of the global warming scare. Now, many of them are advising the new administration or joining it in senior positions."{{Cite web |title=ICCC 13 – Climate Conferences |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc13/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |language=en-US}} Archives of presentations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heartland.org/events/events/13th-international-conference-on-climate-change|title=Events – 13th International Conference on Climate Change |publisher=Heartland Institute |access-date=2019-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702095943/https://www.heartland.org/events/events/13th-international-conference-on-climate-change |archive-date=2019-07-02 |url-status=dead}}

The fourteenth conference was in Las Vegas in October, 2021, with the theme "The Great Reset: Climate Realism vs. Climate Socialism". The conference was both in-person and live-streamed online due to Covid-19.{{Cite web |title=ICCC14 – Climate Conferences |url=http://climateconferences.heartland.org/iccc14/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |language=en-US}} Archives of presentations. {{Cite web|url=https://www.heartland.org/events/events/14th-international-conference-on-climate-change|title=Events – 14th International Conference on Climate Change |publisher=Heartland Institute|website=www.heartland.org|access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811184805/https://www.heartland.org/events/events/14th-international-conference-on-climate-change |archive-date=2021-08-11 |url-status=dead}}

The fifteenth conference was in Orlando Florida, in February 2023, with the theme "Is the True Crisis Climate Change … or Climate Policy?" Keynote speakers included U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, Representative Lauren Boebert, and climate-denier fossil fuels advocate Alex Epstein.{{cite web |title=Watch the Whole Conference |url=https://climateconference.heartland.org/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |publisher=Heartland Institute |year=2023}}{{cite web |title=Events: 15th International Conference on Climate Change |url=https://heartland.org/events/15th-international-conference-on-climate-change/ |website=Heartland Institute |year=2023 |access-date=2023-02-23}}

References

External links

[http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=54 ICSC link to Manhattan declaration]
[http://climateconference.heartland.org/ International Conference on Climate Change] website at Heartland Institute
{{Cite episode|title=Climate of Doubt|series=Frontline|series-link=Frontline (American TV program)|network=PBS|station=WGBH|date=October 23, 2012|season=30|number=22|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/climate-of-doubt/|access-date=April 26, 2025}}

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