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Boehmer-Christiansen has been a critic of [[global climate models|climate models]] saying they are based on data that cannot be verified.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/24/1093246516150.html | title=Tuvalu's tides divide scientists | publisher=[[The Age]] | date=August 25, 2004 | accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> She has also been critical of climate research funding, asserting that "Some university research units have almost become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Government Departments. Their survival, and the livelihoods of their employees, depends on delivering what policy makers think they want."<ref>{{cite news | author=Orlowski, Andrew | date=March 1, 2010 | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/uk_physics_climate/page2.html | title=UK Physicists on Climategate: Intolerance, sub prime stats, wider enquiry needed | publisher=[[The Register]] | accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> |
Boehmer-Christiansen has been a critic of [[global climate models|climate models]] saying they are based on data that cannot be verified.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/24/1093246516150.html | title=Tuvalu's tides divide scientists | publisher=[[The Age]] | date=August 25, 2004 | accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> She has also been critical of climate research funding, asserting that "Some university research units have almost become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Government Departments. Their survival, and the livelihoods of their employees, depends on delivering what policy makers think they want."<ref>{{cite news | author=Orlowski, Andrew | date=March 1, 2010 | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/uk_physics_climate/page2.html | title=UK Physicists on Climategate: Intolerance, sub prime stats, wider enquiry needed | publisher=[[The Register]] | accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> |
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According to [[Fred Pearce]], Boehmer-Christiansen is a [[Environmental skepticism|sceptic]] about [[acid rain]] and [[global warming]] and calls the science reports produced by the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] "political constructs."<ref name="Pearce">[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], ISBN 978-0-85265-229-9, p. XIV.</ref> [[ |
According to [[Fred Pearce]], Boehmer-Christiansen is a [[Environmental skepticism|sceptic]] about [[acid rain]] and [[global warming]] and calls the science reports produced by the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] "political constructs."<ref name="Pearce">[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], ISBN 978-0-85265-229-9, p. XIV.</ref> |
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[[Gavin Schmidt]] alleged that Boehmer-Christiansen published a paper against the recommendations of a reviewer.<ref>{{cite news | author=Barley, Shanta | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/25/real-climate-libel-threat | title=Real Climate faces libel suit| publisher=[[The Guardian]] | date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen | |
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Born | 1942 |
Nationality | German, Australian, British |
Alma mater | Adelaide University, University of Sussex |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Environmental Policy, Geography |
Institutions | University of Sussex, University of Hull |
Thesis | Limits to the international control of marine pollution (1981) |
Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (Born 1942) is an Emeritus Reader in the Department of Geography at the University of Hull in Kingston-upon-Hull England, where she taught environmental policy, management and politics.[1][2][3][4] She has been editor of the journal Energy & Environment since 1998 and an Expert Reviewer for the IPCC.[5][6][7]
Early life and education
Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen was born in Dresden, East Germany.[5][2] In 1956, she moved to Adelaide, South Australia, where she obtained a research degree in Geomorphology from Adelaide University while also studying climatology, geology, physical geography and German literature.[5][8][9] She moved again to England in 1969 and later attended the University of Sussex where she received a D.Phil. in International Relations in 1981.[2][10] Her doctoral thesis was titled, Limits to the international control of marine pollution.[11]
Career
Boehmer-Christiansen joined the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex in 1985, working for a decade as a Research Fellow and then later as a Visiting Fellow.[2][8][12] Since the mid-1990s she had taught environmental policy, management and politics in the Geography Department at the University of Hull.[3][9] As an Emeritus Reader she still works from the University of Hull's Geography Department.[1][8]
She is a past member of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future.[2][13]
Political views
Climate change
Boehmer-Christiansen has been a critic of climate models saying they are based on data that cannot be verified.[14] She has also been critical of climate research funding, asserting that "Some university research units have almost become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Government Departments. Their survival, and the livelihoods of their employees, depends on delivering what policy makers think they want."[15]
According to Fred Pearce, Boehmer-Christiansen is a sceptic about acid rain and global warming and calls the science reports produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "political constructs."[16]
Gavin Schmidt alleged that Boehmer-Christiansen published a paper against the recommendations of a reviewer.[17]
Selected publications
- Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja (1991). Acid politics: Environmental and energy policies in Britain and Germany. Belhaven Press. ISBN 1852931167.
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- Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja (1997). "A winning coalition of advocacy: climate research, bureaucracy and 'alternative' fuels: Who is driving climate change policy?". Energy Policy. 25 (4): 439–444. doi:10.1016/S0301-4215(97)00016-5.
- Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja (2002). "The geo-politics of sustainable development: bureaucracies and politicians in search of the holy grail". Geoforum. 33 (3): 351–365. doi:10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00018-0.
- Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja (2003). "Science, Equity, and the War against Carbon". Science, Technology & Human Values. 28 (1): 69–92. doi:10.1177/0162243902238496.
References
- ^ a b "Geography Department: Academic Staff". University of Hull. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen". University of Hull. Archived from the original on December 6, 2003. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ a b "Enlightening the Future 2024 Survey - Dr Sonja A Boehmer-Christiansen". Spiked. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Scientific Advisory Forum". The Scientific Alliance. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen". OGEL. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report - Annex A. Authors and Expert Reviewers". IPCC. 2001. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Climate Change 2001: Working Group I: The Scientific Basis - Appendix IV - Reviewers of the IPCC WGI Third Assessment Report". IPCC. 2001. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ a b c Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja (February, 2010). "Memorandum submitted by Dr Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (CRU 26)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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(help) - ^ a b "The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia" (PDF). House of Commons. March 24, 2010. p. 124. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ^ Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja A. (1990). "Emerging international principles of environmental protection and their impact on Britain". The Environmentalist. 10 (2): 95.
- ^ Boehmer-Christiansen, S.A. (1981). "Limits to the international control of marine pollution". University of Sussex. Retrieved 2012-6-29.
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(help) - ^ "SPRU Annual Report - SPRU Staff: Associate Staff - Visiting Fellows and Professors" (PDF). University of Sussex. 1998. p. 39. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Stakeholder Forum - Annual Report 2001-2002" (PDF). Stakeholder Forum. 2002. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "Tuvalu's tides divide scientists". The Age. August 25, 2004. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ Orlowski, Andrew (March 1, 2010). "UK Physicists on Climategate: Intolerance, sub prime stats, wider enquiry needed". The Register. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ Pearce, Fred, The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming, (2010) Guardian Books, ISBN 978-0-85265-229-9, p. XIV.
- ^ Barley, Shanta (February 25, 2011). "Real Climate faces libel suit". The Guardian.