December 17, 2007 (LPAC)--In a letter written Dec. 13 to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, over 100 senior scientists, including several who have published reports or interviews in LaRouche publications, revealed the absurdity of "consensus" regarding man-made global warming, laid out the scientific evidence against it, and most importantly, demanded rapid economic growth to meet the real dangers of climate variation which confront, not just us today, but every generation. The letter reports that the "UN climate conference is taking the World in entirely the wrong direction.... Geological, archaeological, oral and written histories all attest to the dramatic challenges posed to past societies from unanticipated changes in temperature, precipitation, winds and other climatic variables. We therefore need to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation."

CO2, the nominal cause of all the "increasingly alarming conclusions" by the IPCC, the letter writes, is a "non-polluting gas that is essential to plant photosynthesis.... It is not established that it is possible to significantly alter global climate through cuts in human greenhouse gas emissions. On top of which, because attempts to cut emissions will slow development, the current UN approach of CO2 reduction is likely to increase human suffering from future climate change rather than to decrease it.... The current UN focus on `fighting climate change'... is distracting governments from adapting to the threat of inevitable natural climate changes, whatever forms they may take. National and international planning for such changes is needed, with a focus on helping our most vulnerable citizens adapt to conditions that lie ahead. Attempts to prevent global climate change from occurring are ultimately futile, and constitute a tragic misallocation of resources that would be better spent on humanity's real and pressing problems."