Why this website?

The film An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore, that came out in October 2006, gave a big impetus to the discussion about (the consequences of) climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stimulated this discussion further by publishing the fourth climate report in four parts during 2007. The climate discussion has not bypassed the media either; on the contrary, since the release of the film by Al Gore and the IPCC reports far more articles than before have been written on ...