#taishisugiyama — Public Fediverse posts

> #CanonInc.’s leadership must .. take responsibility for the views of #CIGS researchers,.. end.. Sugiyama’s participation in government and the Intergovernmental Panel on #ClimateChange bodies.. also issue a public statement that it in no way endorses the #AntiScience and #ProFossilFuel views of the #ThinkTank.. undertake a public review of the failures of governance which have allowed its brand to be used as a platform for these extreme views.
https://speakslouder.org/reports/canon/
#TaishiSugiyama #杉山大志

> The Canon think tank spreads falsehoods about climate science, promotes fossil fuels and aims to slow the transition to clean energy.. Its reach includes...school children
> ...despite even Canon’s own scientists labelling its position “not defensible,” the Canon think tank has doubled down on climate denial and conspiracy theories..
  https://speakslouder.org/reports/canon/
#Canon #CiGS #CanonThinkTank #SugiyamaTaishi #TaishiSugiyama
#TobaccoStrategy #MerchantsOfDoubt
#ThinkTankCessPool #CessPoolThinkTank

> ... the Canon Institute of Global Studies (CIGS).. actively advocates climate denial.
> CIGS researchers have labeled the climate crisis “liberal propaganda,” termed environmental campaigns as “evil” and even called climate activist Greta Thunberg a “communist.”.. #CIGS Research Director #TaishiSugiyama released a book for schoolchildren.. his other publication.. #Decarbonization is full of lies, contains a chapter.. “#NetZero is a song to ruin the country.”
https://speakslouder.org/petition/canon/
#Canon

> Sugiyama has recommended... UK-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)... known for its antagonism towards climate science, the IPCC, renewable energy and policies for governments to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions... One GWPF report promoted by Sugiyama criticised a special IPCC report that looked at the benefits of keeping global heating at 1.5C...Sugiyama was a lead author on a chapter of that report examining the global response to cutting emissions....
#TaishiSugiyama

The parallels are too glaring...

I'm wondering how corporate talking points worm their way into the grass roots organic movement.

- https://thecorporation.com/resources/
- https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

#FredSinger #TaishiSugiyama #MerchantsOfDoubt #CorporatePR #TheCorporation #杉山大志 #SugiyamaTaishi

The parallels are too glaring...

I'm wondering how corporate talking points worm their way into the grass roots organic movement.

- https://thecorporation.com/resources/
- https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

#FredSinger #TaishiSugiyama #MerchantsOfDoubt #CorporatePR #TheCorporation #杉山大志 #SugiyamaTaishi

The parallels are too glaring...

I'm wondering how corporate talking points worm their way into the grass roots organic movement.

- https://thecorporation.com/resources/
- https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

#FredSinger #TaishiSugiyama #MerchantsOfDoubt #CorporatePR #TheCorporation #杉山大志 #SugiyamaTaishi

The parallels are too glaring...

I'm wondering how corporate talking points worm their way into the grass roots organic movement.

- https://thecorporation.com/resources/
- https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

#FredSinger #TaishiSugiyama #MerchantsOfDoubt #CorporatePR #TheCorporation #杉山大志 #SugiyamaTaishi

The parallels are too glaring...

I'm wondering how corporate talking points worm their way into the grass roots organic movement.

- https://thecorporation.com/resources/
- https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

#FredSinger #TaishiSugiyama #MerchantsOfDoubt #CorporatePR #TheCorporation #杉山大志 #SugiyamaTaishi

.> One Australia-based international fellow at the #CanonInstituteForGlobalStudies (#CIGS), Prof #JeffreyBraithwaite, told the Guardian the claims about climate science from research director Dr #TaishiSugiyama were “not defensible”.

.> “But this is so far outside the norm and is not #EvidenceBased,” he said. “It is clearly against the assembled evidence on #GlobalWarming and the changing climate and its effects. It is not defensible.”
.> #Braithwaite is a leading international expert on healthcare. He said: “This does not sit comfortably with someone like me who has been actively trying to recognise and promote the science on global warming and to consider its effects on #HumanHealth. We need to follow the science.”

.> Dr #SeitaEmori, a #ClimateScientist at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies, questioned Sugiyama’s reliability as a source on climate change, saying his interpretations of data contradicted the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
.> “I found his arguments use typical strategies of #ClimateSceptics – if not contrarians – all over the world,” he said.

.> One Australia-based international fellow at the #CanonInstituteForGlobalStudies (#CIGS), Prof #JeffreyBraithwaite, told the Guardian the claims about climate science from research director Dr #TaishiSugiyama were “not defensible”.

.> “But this is so far outside the norm and is not #EvidenceBased,” he said. “It is clearly against the assembled evidence on #GlobalWarming and the changing climate and its effects. It is not defensible.”
.> #Braithwaite is a leading international expert on healthcare. He said: “This does not sit comfortably with someone like me who has been actively trying to recognise and promote the science on global warming and to consider its effects on #HumanHealth. We need to follow the science.”

.> Dr #SeitaEmori, a #ClimateScientist at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies, questioned Sugiyama’s reliability as a source on climate change, saying his interpretations of data contradicted the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
.> “I found his arguments use typical strategies of #ClimateSceptics – if not contrarians – all over the world,” he said.

> During .. #GlasgowClimateTalks, #TaishiSugiyama, who has helped write several major UN climate reports, said a speech from the Swedish teenage activist #GretaThunberg showed she had “turned from an environmentalist to a communist”.
> [He].. authored a book, published this year, encouraging Japanese school children to question the science of climate change. His work is often published on conservative outlet #DailyWill, and then republished on the #CIGS website.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles
#杉山大志

@RunRichRun
I got this Guardian article thanks to following my tag #TaishiSugiyama #杉山大志. It's the same pattern explained in article about #MerchantsOfDoubt
> My recent read/post binge about this was urged by an environmental speech I saw over the weekend. I like the guy, he used to be good, still may be in some areas, but WTF happened with Polar Bears and Coral disproving ClimateScience?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/thinktank-linked-to-tech-giant-canon-under-pressure-to-remove-dangerous-climate-articles

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