A climate change denial event in Paris, organized jointly by two US groups, the coal-funded Heartland Institute and The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), held to coincide with the UN climate COP21 talks, quietly flopped Monday when hardly anyone turned up to listen to what actual experts consider to be Heartland’s counter-factual nonsense.
Billed as the “Day of Examining the Data,” the event was held at the Hotel California, across town from where the actual UN negotiations are taking place, Paris. Only about 30 people were in attendance, which is all the more embarrassing since the agenda featured roughly half this number as speakers. The turnout was only slightly better on the live stream, with only about another 100 people watching online.
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Despite the abundance of available seating space, two reporters from DeSmog UK were ordered to leave the event which had been described as being “open to the public.”
Trying to put a brave face on the embarrassingly low numbers, James Taylor of the Heartland Institute claimed that some meetings taking place inside the COP featured just ten people. “So congratulations, you have already surpassed the impact of the United Nations Conference of the Parties,” Taylor told the room.
The COP21 itself includes an estimated 40,000 people.
Both Heartland Institute and CFACT have fundraised for several months to hold the Paris event, with the Heartland Institute having raised more than $53,000 from a controversial Indiegogo campaign. The amount raised by CFACT is not known.
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