INTRODUCTION

The Jersey Climate Forum (JCF) has been established in Jersey to become actively engaged in the following :

To ensure that Jersey’s approach to sustainability is practical, economic and appropriate to a small island, rather than driven by global net-zero imperatives.
To asses the technical complexity of sustainability, and its implications for Jersey's response to the climate change debate, in a balanced way.
To act as a brake on Jersey's political ambitions to solve perceived world problems at the expense of local needs and financial strength
To conduct and stimulate open public debate in Jersey about climate change.
To research and share the scientific knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of climate change.
To ensure that the Jersey Government's response to current political calls for Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 passes rigorous scientific and cost-benefit analysis, being ultimately positive for Island taxpayers and residents.

Actions

The JCF will conduct public meetings and strive to bring acknowledged world experts in the field of climate change and energy policy to Jersey to present the scientific and economic facts to the island's population.

The JCF will share publicly available investigative reports relating to the latest scientific information with Jersey residents, including the island's politicians. Information relating to the actions and policy adjustments. Other global jurisdictions will also be monitored and shared.

The JCF aims to participate as one of the island's independent “climate watchdogs” both in the realm of climate science and climate policy and its impact relating to the island.

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News & Events

ENERGY EXPERT VISITED JERSEY FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS

One of the world's leading energy experts visited Jersey on Feb. 8, 2024 to speak at a public meeting and make a presentation to the States members on the best way for the island to develop a comprehensive plan for our future energy needs.

Dr. John Constable's visit was organised by the newly formed Jersey Climate Forum, which has been actively campaigning to review the island's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050 and the proposal that the States support the development by an outside consortium of a wind farm off the island's west coast to be the future supplier of our electricity.

Dr. Constable is the energy director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a group founded by the late Nigel Lawson, one of Britain's most successful Chancellors. He is a regular contributor to Net Zero Watch a charity group set up to highlight the serious economic and social implications of expensive and poorly considered climate and energy policies, both domestically and internationally.

Dr. Constable was educated at Cambridge and took his PhD. there in 1993. He taught as a tenured professor at Kyoto University from 1992- 1999 before returning to Magdalene College, Cambridge, as a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow and then Director of Studies in English Literature before moving into the energy sector as a private consultant. As well as currently directing the UK environmental charity Renewable Energy Foundation(REF) he is also a special adviser to the Japanese External Trade Organisation and contributes widely to the work of other organisations such as the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Briefings for Britain. He has also appeared before several Parliamentary Select Committees, including the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and the House of Lords Committee on Economic Affairs. In 2021, he gave evidence before the Industry and Regulators Committee.

He is a regular speaker on climate and energy matters at venues around the world. He gave the Aldworth International Lecture at Minnesota University and at the Global Energy Conference at Kyoto. He delivered a lecture on “Energy, Entropy and the Theory of Wealth” as part of Newcastle University's “Insight” series of public lectures. In 2018 he was the keynote speaker at the “Energy Transitions” conference at the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times “ “Energy Transition” summit.

He is the author of a number of published reports and papers including “Hydrogen- the Once and Future Fuel”( 2020); “The Brink of Darkness- Britain's Fragile Power Grid”(2020); “Energy Intensive Industries- Climate Policy Casualties”(2016); “Energy,Entropy and the Theory of Wealth (2016)”; “Offshore Wind Strike Prices- Behind the headlines (2017)”; “Shortfall, Rebound, Backfire- Can We Rely on Efficiency Policies To Offset Climate Change Policy Costs”( 2012); “Energy Policy and Consumer Hardship”(2011); Europe's Green Experiment- a Costly Failure”.His book “The Vital Spark” was published in 2013.

Dr. Constable was the main speaker at a public meeting at the Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 8^th February to members of the public with an interest in Jersey's future energy policy, including an analysis of the limitations of wind farms. States members were also invited to a special presentation by Dr. Constable the following morning.

Chairman of the Jersey Climate Forum, Mr. Graeme Phipps, announced the visit by Dr. Constable and said: “This will be a very special opportunity for the Jersey public and our politicians to hear the views of a highly respected energy expert with a worldwide reputation discuss what should be our future energy decisions.”

Jersey's Peoples Debate September 2024 on Climate and CO2 Initiatives

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCg-C90yKc

CO2 and Climate slides VIEW THE SHORT VISUAL SUMMARY HERE

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CO2 and Climate Presentation Feb 12, 2025 Societe Jersiaise

Graeme Phipps Climate Change Presentation

Jersey Energy Conference Presentations https://anenergyconference4jerseyci.co.uk/;

The real cost of wind farms Paul Burgess https://youtu.be/QsgJMqbes-Q?si=1wBy_9ZaEqWtu6R6

IS CO2 a Villain in the Claimed Climate Crisis?

More CO2 is good, warmer temperatures are good, what climate crisis?

Higher CO2 and warmer temperatures are good for plants, animals and humans.

Plants need CO2 to live and grow better with higher CO2. Animals need plants to survive. Crop yields have dramatically improved with higher CO2 levels. Mankind, and life in general, have thrived under higher temperatures and struggled under lower temperatures. Video: CO2 Climate and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations┋Climate Chronicles - CO2 Coalition

Historically, CO2 levels were up to 10+ times higher than today’s 420 parts per million (ppm) and life developed and thrived.

Optimum levels for plant growth are between 1,000 and 2,000 ppm. CO2 levels of 1000 ppm are common in classrooms and large meeting rooms with no negative effects. At today’s rate of adding CO2, it will take at least 60 to 80 years before we even reach 1000 ppm of CO2 in the global atmosphere.

Mankind has increased CO2 levels, but this is not the cause of climate change.

CO2 levels, temperatures and climate changed well before mankind added CO2 emissions. The rate of change of recent temperature increases, glacial retreats and sea level rise have all not changed with increases in CO2. As evidenced in ice core data, during glaciation periods, CO2 levels are seen to have changed after temperature changed and not before. Adding this CO2 after the warming occurred could therefore not have been the cause of the warming. Natural factors impact weather and climate, including Sun intensity (day and night, seasons), Sunspot activity, ocean currents, and clouds.

Global Warming is a natural phenomena; today's warming is no different to historic temperature changes.

We are simply in a normal, interglacial warming period.

Warmer temperatures and higher CO2 levels are not causing a climate crisis.

Contrary to what the media has been telling you, the rate of occurrence of forest fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, heatwaves, droughts, and other weather-related events has not increased with recent higher CO2 and temperature levels. Look at the historic trends!

Natural events change CO2 levels.

Henry’s Scientific Law shows that temperature increases always precede releases of gases, including CO2 from water into the air. Decreases in temperature always result in greater concentrations of dissolved CO2. Oceans cool first, then absorb CO2; oceans warm, then release CO2. Plants also absorb CO2. Volcanoes and warm oceans have added much higher amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere over geologic time than mankind’s recent CO2 emissions.

During the world's history, CO2 levels varied between 0.02% and 0.4%, with some very high excursions

CO2 represents only 0.04% of the total atmospheric gases The human contribution to the 0.04% total is 0.0011%.

CO2 and Temperature proxies do not correlate with paleoclimate changes

As seen in historic ice records, CO2 increases occur in response to temperature increases

Additional CO2 will have very minimal impact on temperature and sea level rise.

As CO2 concentrations increase, CO2 has an ever-decreasing (logarithmically) warming effect (double the amount of CO2 to have the same warming effect, which is seen to have been less than 1 °C since mankind has increased CO2 emissions). This has been scientifically established, experimentally proven and is evident in geologic records. Also, the present rate of sea level rise hasn’t changed with higher CO2, isn’t unusual and is manageable. Since the last glacial period, the early, rapid sea level rise reduced as the majority of onshore continental ice has melted (melting ice in water has no impact on water levels). Societies can easily adapt to the present low rate of sea level rise (only 20 cm per 100 years – less than 8 inches).

Global sea level has changed significantly over Earth's history with no correlation to changing CO2.

The primary driver of sea level changes was periods of glaciation, which locked up huge amounts of water, drawing down sea levels, followed by periods of melting and rising seas. Today's rising sea level is in line with historic changes.

The stated scientists’ consensus regarding the “Man-Made Global Warming Crisis” is misleading.

Scientists agree that temperatures and CO2 levels are increasing. However, there is no strong consensus regarding the degree to which mankind’s CO2 emissions are impacting temperatures or are causing a climate crisis. Recently, 1808 scientists signed the World Climate Declaration, stating there is no climate emergency. Nevertheless, science should never be driven by consensus, but by facts. Before Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and landed in the Americas, the strong consensus was that the world was flat.

There are serious negative implications in pursuing a carbon-neutral policy.

These include the restricted, poor choice of renewable, high-cost electricity supply negatively impacting the low-income, developing countries. We in the Western World benefited from low-cost electricity from coal and gas, but, under this “Carbon Neutral” movement, the poorer countries can’t. Plus, consider global economies in general. Imposing restrictions on low-cost gas and modern, cleanly-burned coal electricity supply, plus the associated numerous lifestyle restrictions, are not helpful, unfair and undemocratic. Lowering CO2 levels also negatively impacts plant and crop growth. Jersey is looking to restrict petrol and diesel vehicles and enforce the use of EVs. Is forced conversion from oil burners to heat homes, restrictions from gas burning stoves, barbeques, campfires, plus restricted flying, etc next?

These findings are based on and supported by the evidence I sourced from 37 books, 323 articles and 157 videos referencing 66 well-respected and competent scientists and professionals.

The global view regarding net-zero is changing. Many countries have: i) never adopted a carbon-neutral policy, ii) are reducing their commitments and plans towards achieving “Carbon Neutral” or iii) are completely dropping it. I refer you to the recent article in the January 22, 2026, Telegraph UK article New report calls for net zero ministry to be abolished. Also, the Bank of England has just come out with a report warning that Net Zero is slowing growth https://youtu.be/zy1TtgBoXaw.