“I firmly believe that there are few if any scientists in southern Africa who have a wider, longer, and more scientific experience in the interfaces between the climatological, hydrological, environmental and sociological sciences than I have. Equally, I believe that this whole global warming/climate change issue is no more than a monumental scam perpetrated by the affluent nations to protect their economic supremacy, regardless of the effects on the many millions of poor and disadvantaged populations of Africa and elsewhere.

“I do not for one moment believe that the nations of the world will abide by the nebulous decisions reached by COP17 in Durban, with legal ratification by 2015, and implementation by 2020. It is not going to happen.”

Will Alexander

Professor Emeritus Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria.

Prof Alexander has spent a lifetime in hydrological research and water supply management. He has studied flood frequency analyses, water resource development and climate change His research demonstrates that there are fundamental shortcomings in current climate change science. He shows strong evidence of a causal and predictable linkage between variations in solar activity and climatic responses, specifically rainfall and river flow.