Excerpts from the Telegraph article
By Geoffrey Lean, in Bali
Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to face an international inquiry into the performance of his organisation.
Environment and Climate ministers meeting in closed session in Bali last night insisted that an independent review should be carried out following the publicising of mistakes in its last report, and a row surrounding Dr Pachauri’s robust response to his critics. If his management is found to be at fault his position could become untenable.
Participants in the unprecedented meeting – held at the annual assembly of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Governing Council in Bali – were sworn to secrecy over the decision and it is only expected to be announced after its detaled scope and composition have been worked out by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organisation, the two UN agencies that oversee the IPCC’s work.
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The review is to report by August to allow time for its conclusions – and Dr Pachauri’s position – to be assessed before the IPCC meets for its own annual assembly in Korea in October.
Achim Steiner, UNEP’s Executive Director said that the IPCC faced a “crisis of confidence” with the public. , According to participants at the meeting, Dr Pachauri expressed regret for any mistakes that had been made, but stopped short of apologising for them. “He gave the impression of making an apology without actually doing so”, said one.
The participants add that he admitted only one mistake, a discredited prediction that the glaciers of the Himalayas would entirely melt away by 2035, for which the IPCC has already apologised. They say he described other alleged errors – such as a prediction that food production in parts of Africa might be cut in half by 2020 or the citing of studies by pressure groups rather than peer-reviewed research – as misunderstandings.
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Their main concern has been over the aggressive way in which Dr Pachauri has responded to criticism, beginning with denouncing Indian research suggesting that the glaciers were not melting so rapidly as “voodoo science”. Many wish he would resign,. But he was reelected unopposed less than 18 months ago,and has often rejected doing so.
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For a complete report, read the Telegraph article
With (utterly insincere) apologies to Tamino:
When AGW fraud becomes so obvious that Joe sixpack can no longer deny it — which will happen before this decade is out — the backlash will be ugly. I hope it doesn’t reach the heights of abusiveness that struck the nobility class after the French revolution — but I wouldn’t bet on it. Even pacifists like myself will probably be unable to stem the thirst for revenge.
My advice to Pachauri: prepare to flee the pitchfork-and-torch-carrying mob.
A bit more detail from the Guardian Newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/26/ipcc-independent-scientific-review
This investigation will be another carefully planned and orchestrated whitewash. The climate change alarmists now have experience with this sort of thing with Mann and CRU. Pachauri will come out of this exercise with a ringing endorsement, more money and broader powers
Why don´t they donate all their expected expenditures (caviar, and rented sex workers included) for alleviate the hunger of the starving children y Africa?
Perhaps they at least participate in the new recording of the song “We are the world”.
Think the time has come for these guys to receive an exemplary lesson…
A stake with a big carbon footprint would work ok…but if they wanna something greener we can suggest, instead, a brand new mechanical Guillotine.
PJB:
There should be no problem with all those flying pigs. Just carry a robust umbrella.
==Wayne
Do you suppose they held their IPCC (Global Warming Advocacy) meeting in Bali, on a S. Pacific tropical island… because the UN’s HQ in NY is SNOWED IN?!… LOL!…
Dr. Pachauri,
who has no mirrors in his house, has one fear, that someone will look under his mattress, living in a million$ mansion, ( staff of 17 ) private 9 hole golf coarse, 2 (yes 2 ) private cricket pitches, private badminton court, etc, etc,. his ‘institution’ is a charity, millions in, no taxes out, Dr. Richard North at ‘eureferendum’ has listed his ‘known’ assets and given a very good account of the millions of taxpayers $ that he has squirreled away.
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NOT PATCHY!
I LUVS ME SOME PATCHY!
*shakes fist at cold, uncaring world*
There is no God.
More on the IPCC’s problems here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083681319834978.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
I like it. I’ll try the same tack when I go into a supermarket & say that taking that £10 note out of the till was a mistake, but taking that bunch of fivers was merely a misunderstanding! I wonder if it would stand up in court?
Old Chairmen of the IPCC never die, they don’t even have the decency to resign! Will he jump or does he have to be pushed?
What I think is that as we British drive vast chunks of the IPCC machinery in all sorts of ways, (nobody creates paperwork like we do), they should get the UEA, Hadley, & Met Office experts to investigate it all, headed up by well known independent expert, Sir Evers O’Slightly-Biased! Guess what the outcome would be? No one did anything wrong, no rules or laws were breached, it really all was just a misunderstanding, carry on as normal & hide the decline! I’m proud to be English, (prouder still if we beat the Irish tomorrow at Twickers) & proud to be British, after all, who’s been the best at telling porkies over the last 13 years?
Andrew30 (06:12:56) :
there is a plenary of the IPCC in South Korea in October
May I humbly suggest North Corea instead, on a atomic bombs test field?
@ur momisugly Mark Fawcett
Whales, the forests of the ocean. Now I’ve heard everything.
What insane lunatics.
“Mark Fawcett (05:41:22) :
[…]
Off topic – now it’s the whales (or at least the hunting thereof): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8538033.stm – ”
Excerpt:
“A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes – or a large forest’s worth – of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say.
Whales store carbon within their huge bodies and when they are killed, much of this carbon can be released. ”
Talk about impressive numbers. A SMALL FOREST! OMG!
Ok, so that’s a sign of desperation. How do we convince the masses? Let’s try whales, that usually works.
Here is the US EPA referring many times to the IPCC for endangerment.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentac.html
Remember Our pal gal Judith is an IPCC reviewer. Lisa Jackson is now lying and saying the EPA never relied on the IPCC and Pachauri.
Back peddle time. Like the IPCC back peddled on 2035 for Indian glaciers?
Pachuri is turning his gravy train into a trainwreck and Judith, Jackson and Boxer were on the train. Was Judith not thinking?
Now Pebody Coal made the deadline and filed a protest in court regarding the EPA comments period. There are 16 lawsuits.
Follow the crooks.
WWF and greenpeace write Poely bear articles
IPCC publishes them and tosses in some glacier melt stories
The EPA buys in and says it is Our aerosols showing up in India.
Now the head of climate bails from UN
Pauchauri is facing eviction hearings
The EPA acts like they never heard of the IPCC.
“DirkH (06:56:14) :
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Talk about impressive numbers. A SMALL FOREST! OMG!”
Oh, sorry, LARGE forest, large. Don’t want anybody to think i’m belittling things, no Sir, the situation’s too serious for that.
If only we could invest in whitewash, these guys are sure using a lot of it. It is too bad that they don’t understand that the stain will show through no matter how much they use.
Is it me or are some of these guys starting to be a bit pathetic?
They are running scared!
The Climategate scandal has exposed the dark, shadowy outline of an international alliance of politicians [US’s Al Gore, UN’s Rajendra Pachauri, UK’s Tony Blair, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany’s Angela Merkel, etc.], news media [BBC, PBS, CBS, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times], public research agencies [NAS, NASA, NOAA, DOE, etc], and research journals [Nature, Science, etc.] that seek to use science and scientists as a propaganda tool to control the world.
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri will be sacrificed.
But a cornered animal is dangerous. So beware if the sacrifice fails to quiet public outrage.
With kind regards,
Oliver K. Manuel
Emeritus Professor of
Nuclear & Space Studies
Former NASA PI for Apollo
Here is the most recent rendition from the EPA. It summarizes many of the consequences of Pachauri and pretend science. There are many references by the EPA using the IPCC AR$ for endangerment findings.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/Federal_Register-EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171-Dec.15-09.pdf
The EPA is clear in declaring cox, sox, nox CH4 and some CFCs and other gases for ENDANGERMENT.
“The Administrator’s reliance on the global temperature data is a reasonable indicator of Human induced climate change
Page 58.
SO the EPA actually thought Mann, Jones, Pachauri and the gang are honest and accurate.
Thanks again Anthony for this blog. It reveals at many levels the dishonesty backing environmental claims and regulation. Lisa Jackson will have her day in court and be allowed to demonstrate endangerment.
There may be a dozen deaths driving a fast toyota. Estimates are 40,000 have died by reason of meeting CAFE standards. Survival of the fittest. Driving a mini car means the bigger car almost always wins.
With bureaucracies there is no need to follow the money, they have that, follow the “self-service”. I think he’d be as safe as houses if he hadn’t upset the Indians, and still safe if the Indians hadn’t set up their own PCC, but that latter action is what has sealed his fate. The IPCC would be faced with a rival, and given the shenanigans at the IPCC and it’s clear agenda and advocacy of a green socialist revolution, the Indian PCC would stand a good chance as replacing the IPCC as the voice of the science. Bang go all those hundreds of thousands of miles and carbon footprints the size of a small country for each member of the IPCC. So he will be thrown to the wolves and the Indians persuaded not to set up their own PCC.
Just a guess, of course they may be outraged by the perversion of the science and the use of advocacy groups to foretell the future, but I’ll let you make up your mind which is the most likely of the two.
Oh well, all things must pass … back to the day job:
http://www.d-boss.com/patchy/mahapatchy-01.jpg
JAW: Jet Another Whitewash?
“they do not in any way undermine the basic science behind global warming.” How would they even dare? It’s not science, it’s rock solid faith.
Junket science in Bali well there’s a surprise? What does not come as a surprise is the proposal for another dependant (sic) enquiry.
“Participants in the unprecedented meeting … were sworn to secrecy”
What is it about secrecy with these guys? If their decisions and scientific conclusions are so important to the world’s environment and economy, then the the doors should be wide open.
What’s that Beeping sound I’m hearing?
Oh its the back up warning beeper as the UN is in the process of throwing Patchy under it. Tom Fuller called this months ago that Patchy was done and it was a matter of time, he gave him I think until June. Whats amazing he missed Yvo jumping ship.
So they will hold an enquiry into Pachauri. One of two things will happen:
There will be a whitewash that exonerates him of guiilt, blames the incompetence of some unfortunate minion, mildy notes that he may have made a small error of judgment because of pressure of work, and ringingly endorses him.
OR
He will resign and be replaced. And the first thing his replacement will do is to go on the attack and denounce skeptics as paid mercenaries of evil forces who would see Earth destroyed. Jones of the CRU was replaced by Prof Liss. Anyone remember the first thing Liss did?