Saudi Barbarerne accepterer ClimateGate

Its chief Copenhagen negotiator, Mohammad al-Sabban, suggested in an interview with the BBC yesterday that there was now no longer any point in seeking an agreement to reduce emissions.

“It appears from the details . . . that there is no relationship whatsoever between human activities and climate change,” he said. “Climate is changing . . . but for natural and not human-induced reasons. So whatever the international community does to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have no effect on the climate’s natural variability.”