An apology withdrawn, letter in Sun. Telegraph 22/08/10. 

SIR - Sir John Houghton (Letters, August 15), the former
IPCC Chairman, challenges the use of the quote, widely
attributed to him that: "Unless we announce disasters,
no one will listen." He insists he said (and the record
confirms this) that: "If we want a good environmental
policy, we'll have to have a disaster." This is a
distinction without a difference. Either way, he is
saying that the IPCC needs disasters to convince the
public of the need for climate mitigation. As someone
who used the slightly incorrect quotation (in my Bruges
Group book 'Cool Thinking on Climate Change'), I now feel
vindicated, and I withdraw an apology I made to Sir John
for misquoting him. 

Roger Helmer MEP (Con)
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire

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