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May 15, 2007
The IPCC Mandate
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) statement of purpose? Is the organization supposed to find the cause of global climate change and report on what can be done? Why no. The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.Hmmm. They already have their minds made up. Only human induced climate change is of interest to them. So how do they go about their job? Do they do science? Why no. The IPCC does not carry out research nor does it monitor climate related data or other relevant parameters. It bases its assessment mainly on peer reviewed and published scientific/technical literature.OK so they pick the papers that go into their various reports. And the reports are mainly backed by peer reviewed science. Mainly. I wonder what is the minor component. Doesn't say. Voodoo? Phase of the moon? Politics? I have my suspicions. Richard Lindzen has his suspicions as well. So how is it that we don't have more scientists speaking up about this junk science? It's my belief that many scientists have been cowed not merely by money but by fear. An example: Earlier this year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton issued letters to paleoclimatologist Michael Mann and some of his co-authors seeking the details behind a taxpayer-funded analysis that claimed the 1990s were likely the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year in the last millennium. Mr. Barton's concern was based on the fact that the IPCC had singled out Mr. Mann's work as a means to encourage policy makers to take action. And they did so before his work could be replicated and tested--a task made difficult because Mr. Mann, a key IPCC author, had refused to release the details for analysis. The scientific community's defense of Mr. Mann was, nonetheless, immediate and harsh. The president of the National Academy of Sciences--as well as the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union--formally protested, saying that Rep. Barton's singling out of a scientist's work smacked of intimidation.Well, well, well. If you set out to look for man made climate change it seems as if you will find it. Which brings up another ancient rule. The golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 05.15.07 at 05:06 PM
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Hi sir, I am viralling your post if you do not mind. Scott · May 17, 2007 05:01 AM Post a comment
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I know such scientists think they're more objective than I am, but I'll always observe that when one hunts a hare, one finds a hare.