The plot thickens. Some parts of this letter are strongly worded. It is clear that there’s not much tolerance for the latest set of shenanigans from Pachauri.
Steve McIntyre writes:
Judy Curry draws attention to a letter from the Chairman of the Oversight Subcomittee of the US Science Committee to the UN Chairman asking that IPCC not be permitted to delay implementation of Conflict of Interest policy until after AR5 – press release here.
Here’s the image of the letter (link to full letter follows)
Here the link to the letter:
This amounts to a “second request” notice from the committee [second this year, with the first request in Feb 2010]. In the letter, Broun wrote that it is “imperative for the IPCC to adopt a rigorous conflict of interest policy before its 34th Session, tentatively scheduled to take place in January 2012.”
It would seem to me that this is not going to go away, and if past history is any indication, the IPCC will allow it to fester to an infection before seeking treatment.
I predict that the pus that is going to come out of it, once lanced, will be of the most smelly sorts.
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Why doesn’t the US simply demand appropriate “truth, justice and the American way” from the IPCC or threaten to boycott funding ?
I certainly would not want to pay for a scientific assessment when it has been demonstrated time and again through numerous channels the assessments are biased and favour an outcome rather than assessing.
Cut the ground from under them, stop the gravy train until they demonstrate some balance in the assessments.
The only way to lance this boil is to stop funding it. If the House were to cut off all UN payments contingent upon the IPCC adopting a COI policy right now –not “no later than the 35th” meeting, not by the end of 2011– it would concentrate their minds wonderfully. This is not rocket science. It isn’t even all-or-none. They can adopt a “close enough” policy that requires disclosure/recusal for the ridiculously obvious cases of bias and COI; and they can refine it as they go along. In a world of email, where all the authors and editors in the Assessment Reports are already fully networked, getting this done is the work of a week or two.
They have nowhere to hide.
Interesting letter. Scroll down to the last attachment.
Its just one more nail in the coffin. The IPCC is a “walking-dead” body. Pachy let the cat out of the bag by stating they’re not going to enforce the conflict of interest policy. Meaning that it is very likely this Green Peace dust up is only one of many. If we find 2-3 more examples, we can safely argue the IPCC is nothing more than another advocacy group, or rather a conglomerate of advocacy groups(something akin to the United Way to charity groups) that got it tentacles into various public coffers. Of course, most of us knew this already, but the IPCC is about to display this for all the world to see.
I think the world would benefit more if we handed them more rope as opposed to tightening the leash at this time.
Why the IPCC at all. What function do they perform that is not being performed without them including the fraud. With the economy in the West near free fall why waste money on something that is being accomplished elsewhere.
Jimmy Swaggarts of the World take Note.
Thanks for the tip, Smokey. IT is interesting that Rep. Broun not only signed as “M.D”, but attached a 2004 Climategate email. I’m going to keep an approving eye on this guy.
I think the world would benefit more if we handed them more rope as opposed to tightening the leash at this time.
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I could not agree more…………
Cap and Trade is dead, Kyoto is dead, nothing has come out of their last few meetings other than more countries jumping ship…..
….they are rioting in Spain because of too many green jobs /s
I predict this is their last report, I also think they know that too…
…I expect to see the most outrageous screaming hair pulling hysterics yet
I agree stop writing checks to these charlatans! We certainly do not need further proof that the entire IPCC process is agenda driven. It has been a cushy ride Pachauri but you’re out of gas!
Where is Pachauri and GloriOil? He has gone off the radar.
http://www.glorioil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=10
Thank God for Google cache.
Pachauri and his present or past BIG OIL affiiliations:
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9089242&privcapId=22361&previousCapId=138823&previousTitle=General%20Catalyst%20Partners
Can I now use the ‘D Word’ on Pachauri?
I went to Pachauri’s blog and curiously it’s “Under Maintenance”. Anyone have any idea how long it’s been down?
http://blog.rkpachauri.org/under_construction.php
Thanks, again, Smokey:
Smokey says:
June 20, 2011 at 5:36 pm
“Interesting letter. Scroll down to the last attachment.”
That attachment is reason enough to defund! defund! defund!. No more “rope”. So glad most commenters understand the only action to take.
Jimbo
Picked up on those links yesterday. Great . I can see a Josh cartoon with a two faced Pachauri in it.
I am in agreement with those that are seeing signs of the imminent demise of the IPCC. They have run out of time and will have to deal with all the rot lurking just below the surface. It is absolutely incomprehensible that they would continue to game things even while they are having to dance on the head of a pin to keep a lid on things, but I don’t think they care much any more. I think the people in charge at the IPCC have lost control over this monster. The authors of the various sections have run amok and seem to be intending to go out in a blaze of glory. All fanatical regimes tend to end this way.
Way to go Smokey!
Nice catch.
James Sexton, go visit the Bishop’s blog. Another greenie is ratting out the Hydro electric section. This could even be more damaging, as one of the 2 top of the tops is/was invovlved with building these dam’s!
Anyone got some white cheddar popcorn?
Kudos to Paul Broun
Broun has sent a formal letter to UN Secretary General on Feburary 2, 2010, before the IAC report came out in last October. It seems there is no response. How about this new letter?
http://gop.science.house.gov/Media/documents/2.2.10_broun_un_letter.pdf
The IPCC has no reason to worry and no reason to enforce. They are everybody’s darling and they know it.
The IPCC also knows that threats to defund are empty noise since the Senate will refuse to pass bills that don’t include IPCC funding or that our President will veto it.
A most inviting choice for a budget cut, that IPCC.
Pachy has even made the bed.
Now is the time to make them lie in it.
Pleasant dreams.
The next report, AR5, could be really short if they have to leave out those with conflict of interest and then have to delete the activist references.
The reference to “integrity” is the real point. It says two things, that there is no integrity and please might you demonstrate some integrity in the future.
Richard Black posted this piece on 9th May 2011:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13337864
but curiously, the BBC doesn’t seem to be following the conflict of interest story
/Mango
Where are the similar letters from all the science institutes, academies and societies around the world?
Shame on them for not standing up for scientific integrity against the IPCC’s incidents. Incidents that are a main source of the increasing loss of society’s trust in science.
On another line of thought, the IPCC is the result of the inherent fatal flaws of PNS. By eliminating either one the other will take a serious fall.
John