This statement was issued today from the IPCC, which appears to be inspired by the recent claims of Dr. Michael Mann in the lawsuit against NRO that we discussed here and here. The colored bold text in the paragraph below is my emphasis, otherwise it is presented as it was released. A source link to the original press release follows.
Reviewing what has transpired for Dr. Mann recently, this quote comes to mind:
A mann’s GOT to know his limitations – Harry Calahan, Magnum Force
– Anthony
2012/12/ST
IPCC STATEMENT
Statement about the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
The IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for its work on climate change, together with former US Vice-‐President Al Gore.
In its citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the IPCC and Mr Gore shared the prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-‐made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”. In its announcement the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that through the scientific reports it had issued over the past two decades, the IPCC had created an ever-‐broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming, and that thousands of scientists and officials from over one hundred countries had collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming.
The prize was awarded at the end of the year that saw the IPCC bring out its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
The prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organization, and not to any individual associated with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner. It would be correct to describe a scientist who was involved with AR4 or earlier IPCC reports in this way: “X contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.”
The IPCC leadership agreed to present personalized certificates “for contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC” to scientists that had contributed substantially to the preparation of IPCC reports. Such certificates, which feature a copy of the Nobel Peace Prize diploma, were sent to coordinating lead authors, lead authors, review editors, Bureau members, staff of the technical support units and staff of the secretariat from the IPCC’s inception in 1988 until the award of the prize in 2007. The IPCC has not sent such certificates to contributing authors, expert reviewers and focal points.
For more information contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-‐media@wmo.int
Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/nobel/Nobel_statement_final.pdf
h/t to Chris Horner
UPDATE: Dr. Mann posted on his Facebook page today this scan of a letter from the IPCC dated October 30th:
The press release from the IPCC was authored on October 29th according to the document properties in the PDF file. There is no hint in Dr. Mann’s Facebook page statement today of any apology or walkback for Dr. Mann claiming to have been “awarded the Nobel Peace Prize” and that on the NRO lawsuit complaint itself NRO was accused of the hitherto unknown crime of “defamation of a Nobel prize recipient.”
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LOL
“Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist Andrew Weaver
First Briffa, now the IPCC. How many buses can one guy take?
I think he is going to sue them…
It’s all just so post normal!
If it wasn’t already clear, this episode should make it clear that Mann’s tremendous ego makes it impossible for him to admit that he’s wrong about anything. We should not ever expect to see such an admission.
For anyone wondering about the ‘perjury” issue, it is categorically not perjury to knowingly or inadvertently make a mis-statement of fact in a Statement of Claim. It may be professional misconduct for the lawyer endorsing the claim (particularly where the lawyer was aware of the deliberate false statement), but for the claimant himself it cannot be perjury, because in most jurisdictions, the Statement of Claim is not sworn evidence on oath, it merely constitutes allegations of fact.
I am in fact quite free to commence a law suit alleging that One Direction gang-raped my Labrador, and impregrated her with doggy hybrids.
Likely to cost me a bit, though….
So Mann has a certificate for “contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC.” Since the Nobel Committee made that award, is the IPCC saying that recipients of their little piece of paper contributed to the work of that committee?
The “Certificate” was awarded by Christ.
– Renate Christ
Does this trump a Nobel Prize awarded by the same committee who awarded Arafat and Obama?
I attended a talk by Susan Solomon in which she was introduced as a Nobel Prize winner.
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/susan-solomon/Content?oid=2610340
It’s not limited to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, the 1985 Peace Prize was also awarded to an organization, yet:
“Nobel Laureate Explores Links Between Climate Change, Biodiversity
…
” Medical doctor Eric Chivian who shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for spotlighting the effects of a nuclear war on global health.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec09/biodiversity_12-18.html?print
The Nobel Peace Prize 1985
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1985/physicians.html
I personally can see this as being a clarification that Mann or his lawyers have asked for. Now that he has airbrushed from the internet all previous claims that he personally made or were made by someone on his behalf, of being awarded the nobel prize or having been awarded a share of the prize I think that will be his defence when it’s brought up.
“see judge? It’s quite simple. This is what I meant and the IPCC have clearly explained that I’m quite right to say that I contributed. Nothing to see, let’s move on.”
It will be a travesty if the missing references can’t be found. It’s the act of disingenuously claiming to be a prize winner for years even after it being made clear that this was not the case. ( they were discussing it on his wiki talk page over a year ago and there is the supposed advice from Pachauri that no member could make this claim ).
It is this deception that must be exposed in court because it speaks to the integrity of the man, the hubris and willingness to embellish his credentials so as to present a reputation that simply did not exist in the real world.
I don’t see this as Mann going under the bus I see it as the IPCC going as far as they dare to provide him with support.
Mann’s people will say it’s nothing. I still think that it’s everything.
. . . Here is Clint saying it:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=CG2cux_6Rcw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCG2cux_6Rcw
John
this says it is estimated between one and two hundred aussies and 28 new zealanders received the citation!
JewishHistoryAustralia: Australian Jewish Nobel Prize Winners and New Zealand Jewish Nobel Laureates
The Citation which the IPCC presented to Dr (Tom) Beer to mark his participation in the award is below…
The International Panelon Climate Change, the IPCC, presented like Citations to all who contributed to preparation of the studies for which the IPCC gained the Nobel Peace Price 2007, whether they be lead authors, referees, or served as panelists. It is estimated that one hundred to two hundred Australians received such Citations, a number of whom would be Jewish…
However, with the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a further 28 New Zealanders achieved the status of Nobel Laureates as recipients of a “shared” Nobel Prize…
The IPCC acknowledged the outstanding contribution to the Award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize of the New Zealand climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger…
http://jewishhistoryaustralia.net/jha/Nobel.php
Mpaul says:
The important question is — did the IPCC advise Mann not to call himself a Nobel Prize winner prior to Mann filing the false claim with the court?
No, that is not an important question at all.
IPCC does not award Nobel Prizes. Their guidance is irrelevant. The Noble Committee awards Nobel Prizes. It is the Nobel Committe’s guidance that matters here, and they have been telling people who weren’t awarded a Nobel Prize to not claim they were awarded a Nobel Prize long before Michael Mann was not awarded one.
The distribution of certificates by IPCC is hilarious. The criterion for receiving a certificate is given as: “for contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC”.
Explicitly denied such certificates are: “contributing authors”.
Apparently, a contribution is certified as contributory, except when it is contributed by a contributor.
Don M says:
November 2, 2012 at 3:06 pm
As a karate expert…
Careful, Mann’s got a black belt in Origami, and an Olympic medal to prove it.
zootcadillac says:
November 2, 2012 at 4:22 pm
“Mann’s people will say it’s nothing. I still think that it’s everything.”
I don’t think it’s everything. This isn’t Perry Mason or My Cousin Vinny. Most cases are decided by a thousand small cuts. Mann suffered his first small cut before the ink was dry on the complaint. Not a good sign. The high bar he has to get over just got a little bit higher. I’m sure he’ll do better once he gets on the stand and has less time to think.
JeanS over at CA says Mann attacked Monckton in his book for falsely claiming to be a Nobel recipient:
http://climateaudit.org/2012/11/01/olympic-mann-2/#comment-368749
Kev-in-UK,
Yes.
“25 Jun 2011,20:40 IST
RK Pachauri, the Nobel laureate was present in the city today. ”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Rajendra-Pachauri
“…It seems Ive spent too long
Only thinking about myself – oh…”
lyrics from: Genesis- In Too Deep
A triple travesty: a fake scientists makes a fake claim to have received a fake prize.
Any honorable, decent human being would have rejected the Nobel Peace Prize.
Being remembered in Arafat’s company? Unthinkable. Unless you are the Piltdown Mann.
JJ, Mann’s lawyers are facing a potential misconduct charge. It would appear that they simply accepted Mann’s claim at face value and failed to check its factual basis.
So I’m curious to know whether Mann knowingly misrepresented his status to his lawyers, or can he claim to be a victim of confusing communication by the IPCC (which is his current defense).
There’s a assertion out there that the IPCC sent a notice to contributors awhile back (long before the lawsuit) that they should not claim to be prize winners. I’d like to know if this is true.
Thrown under the bus!
That makes Mann a road kill?
– – – – – – – –
Well that link was odd.
Let’s try Clint’s famous ‘limitations’ quote in this link:
John
Yeah and something else, he ain’t never gonna get one of them darn awards from Norwegian cowboys not now, not ever and ain’t it the truth.
Still, there’s always Mike’s statistical method to fall back on and peer review – can have its own rewards.
When are Penn State going to rumble this guy? More importantly, just when are the US government going to say, “enough is enough” and cease forthwith; all and any state funding to this climatological dream works?
It’s gonna be awkward when Mann and Al Gore next meet up.