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“To reduce the interpretation of the causality of all kinds of climate changes and of global warming to one variable, CO2, or to a small proportion of one variable - human-induced CO2 - is impossible to accept. Elementary rationality and my decades-long experience with econometric modelling and statistical testing of scientific hypotheses tell me that it is impossible to make strong conclusions based on mere correlation of two (or more) time series.”

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Vaclav Klaus
Vaclav Klaus

Václav Klaus, born on June 19, 1941, is a former President of the Czech Republic. He has a strong academic background in economics and political science, serving as a professor of economics at the University of Economics in Prague. During his presidency, Klaus was committed to promoting economic reforms in the Czech Republic and the process of European integration. more

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