From the BBC’s Richard Black:
And the train keeps on chugging along…
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But while some figures outside the IPCC have called for Dr Pachauri’s head, government delegates here supported him continuing in post.
“I not only have the mandate to oversee the completion of AR5, but having been one of the two parties that requested a review by the IAC (the other being the UN), I now also have a commitment to oversee the implentation of the reforms that have come out of the review process.
“So I have every intention of staying right until I have completed the mission I accepted voluntarily to carry out, namely the conclusion of AR5 in 2014.”
– Rajenda Pachauri
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The revised guidance emphasises that in future, authors must assess both the quality of research available and uncertainties within that research.
It urges authors to be careful of “group-think”, but maintains that it “may be appropriate to describe findings for which the evidence and understanding are overwhelming as statements of fact without using uncertainty qualifiers”.
Enhanced guidance on the use of “grey literature” – material not published in peer-reviewed scientific journals – has also been drawn up, and will be finalised by chairs of the IPCC’s working groups in the coming months.
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Good! This should help sink the ship.
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The IPCC is not actively engaging in the recommendations of the IAC.
That is not acceptable.
John
Who needs a wheel taper?
That’s the best news ever……..he will be able to witness his own slow motion train crash.
Some more details of the story as it developed
http://nigguraths.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/ipcc-busan-pachauri-stays/
Regards
This is the best news that skeptics of “man-made climate disruption” could hope for. A more discredited and disreputable leader there is not.
The “good ol’ boys” network is alive and well at the IPCC et al.
What is it going to take to wake these ignorant politicos up??
What a bunch of Jerks……..
VY 73, pRadio
I know of only one other public figure who is as absolutely clueless as Pachauri, and I will not mention his name. Pachauri does not understand science, organization management, the public, ethics, or most things. Apparently, he understands how to glom onto a governmental flow of cash and hold on with all his might and at all costs. Pachauri’s unwillingness to leave is the worst news that the IPCC or the UN will receive for some time.
Phew – what a relief!
Here are two of my favorite Patchy articles:
Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen
UN climate chief Rajendra Pachauri ‘got grants through bogus claims’
Patchy’s only serious PR rival (ever) has been Baghdad Bob.
Peesssst, Peeest, Pachi, come on baby, come up here!
Wow – this is really bad news for the IPCC.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Like the other posters, I consider this good news as it weakens the IPCC’s credibility and he is a poor PR frontman.
…but maintains that it “may be appropriate to describe findings for which the evidence and understanding are overwhelming as statements of fact without using uncertainty qualifiers”
Boy, that sounds like science. No more error bars. No more confidence intervals. Just declare it as “The Truth”. That’s the ticket!
That will sink their ship for sure. Good job Patchy.
Good news for us sceptics I think!
Nothing better than a lame duck Chairman to ensure the train comes off the rails. Perhaps this issue will do to damage to the UN too… here’s hoping.
We also have to remember that the Warmists will claim that the deniers/cynics/fence sitters would have found reason to celebrate regardless of his decision. Staying on will mean he can do more damage, but stepping down would mean he admits defeat and/or wrong-doing.
Another shining example of the spin control machine at work. You just can’t win an argument with someone that can talk out of both sides at the same time.
They still don’t get it. The internet has changed the world for ever, but the people in authority do not understand this. They think that they can carry on as if nothing had changed. The evidence is there in all the recent enquiries and now the IPCC thinks that it will be ok just as long as they make token gestures of reform.
I think this is a big mistake, but i am not surprised.
How do you spell “dead duck”? P-a-c-h-a-u-r-i.
The IPCC thought that they were putting a Pach on the hugh leak of their credibility – but it won’t hold. All the better for all of us who are skeptics.
Excellent news! A bit like attaching lead weights to an already poor swimmer whose armbands have deflated. I shall have a glass of mulled wine to celebrate (it’s getting colder here in UK).
Is patchy protecting his investments? Does he really think that the next report will not see the same scrutiny that the last one saw? The planet will have a lot to do with his notoriety by 2014, as cooling continues. This should be really fun.
I really wanted him to stay. He is such a good poster-child for the arrogance and corruption that is the IPCC process.
Until they trash the upper levels of management and open up the process to a prevent the current scientific inbreeding, nonscientific collaboration and data massaging, and incestuous attitude towards science, the process will still be not ready for prime time. At least we will know where all the “climate scientists” are.
LAST TRAIN TO ALMORA via San Fernando, Cancun and all points gone west..
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This is great news. Pachauri would be, what, in his early to mid seventies by 2014? I have long been a believer that people can continue useful and productive lives well beyond the statutory retirement age. He should be an example to all us baby boomers as we approach that milestone. Oh, and the IPCC is doomed.
AR5 … DOA.
PET Cemetery Literary Red-Green Review:
Patchy and Doha*.
Excerpt:
It was a dark and stormy night, and Patchy, whimpering, hearing bells on the green-ivied roof, sprang limply from his comfy-fur bed to see what was the matter.
Doha*, ‘xclaimed Mao Stlong. Gotcha in bed with your silky jammies in a deadlock, and your dead-end results dangling from your ….
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“Patchy refuses to resign, intends to complete next IPPC report” (WUWT?)
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Doha*:
“Climate Talks Limp Toward Doha-Like Deadlock”
“UN climate change negotiations in Tianjin lacked Copenhagen’s excitement yet ended with a similar whimper”
“(Tianjin) – A battered and scarred negotiating text lay limp on the table at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Tianjin. Negotiators staring down at the pages clearly understood the need to narrow differences and expand consensus if they hoped to lay a foundation for the next global conference in Cancun, Mexico, scheduled for the end of the year.
As in the past at climate talks, however, the Tianjin convention was marked by international friction and little action. Negotiators refused to make concessions and instead repeatedly broadcast pessimistic signals. Scars on the text remain.
The October 4-9 event at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center was the first hosted by China in the 20-year history of the talks, which are designed to reduce man’s impact on the planet’s climate. But there was nothing new about the dead-end results.
Sino-U.S. Dispute”
http://english.caing.com/2010-10-14/100188334.html
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/015102.html
Patchauri appears to be treading water in a mud pit. Atta boy.