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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geronimo says:
November 3, 2012 at 2:30 am
Let us not forget who the Nobel Prize Committee passed over to give the Peace Prize to these people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler
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My mistake. This is today’s Nobel.
Truly, this says it all.
cn
During my lifetime I have contributed significantly to the European Union.
I guess that means I am a Nobel prize winner also!
If nothing else, this saga emphasises the absurdity and stupidity of giving Nobel’s to organisations.
mods ~ surprised this one made it through….
dwright says:
November 3, 2012 at 1:37 pm
[Reply: Is there a problem? — mod.]
Perhaps David Hoffer’s post at 4:16 should also be deleted for the same reason.
[Reply: Good point. Done. — mod.]
It’s fun to read about IPCC spouting Mann as a complete douche, but, however, shouldn’t the big pic zoom in on the fact that apparently the nobel peace price committee somehow have the blue print on who’s to blame?
Too very funny. Poor Mann is such an unworthy opponent for Steyn and NRO. It’s like watching Maxine Waters trying to debate Ann Coulter. …a cat with a half dead mouse.
I have a not-so-secret wish that Michael Mann ends his career as a waiter, not a fraud scientist.
“The wine? A domestic vintage, with no breeding. But, I think you will be amused by its impertinence.” …and Mann bows from the waist.
…Lady in Red
This has been the Nobel Peace Prize from its outset.
Mark
The IPCC weighs in on the Mann Nobel dilemma, and throws him under the bus
Meh……
MtK
Irene Sendler smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and with housing outside the Ghetto, thereby saving those children from being killed in the Holocaust.
So this stalwart lady of iron courage was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, in favor of lesser mortals of questionable honesty? Pathetic….These ‘judges’ believe they have some moral understanding? !!!!!!
MtK
Are you kidding?
pat says:
November 3, 2012 at 1:14 am
“you can be absolutely sure Hugh Riminton would NEVER EVER write the following with Mann’s name instead of Monckton’s:
5 Feb 2010: The Punch, Australia: Hugh Riminton: Good Lord, Monckton is no Nobel laureate
Sorry Lord Monckton. You are a fraud.
Committee secretary Geir Lundestat had never heard of Lord Monckton. I emailed him the Monckton website.
“The claim is ridiculous,” said Lundestat. “He is not a laureate – no way, no way.”
Thousands of people, he said, participated in the program of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 prize with Al Gore.
“But the organisation won the prize. Not even Dr Rajendra Pachauri (the chair of the IPCC) is an individual laureate.”
No individual, no matter what their involvement with the IPCC, can pass themselves off an a Nobel Laureate…
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lord-monckton-nobel-prize/asc/ ”
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Oh my sweet nuclear weapon, did you guys look up who the Geir Lundestat guy is?
He’s the SECRETARY of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
Way to go, pat, and all you guys. I noticed the bizarre claim about ‘the first man to document steady rise of temperatures in the 20th century,’ whatever the precise wording is – just pure, delusional, lawsuit gold.
These sorts of lawsuits is like the country of Belize naming itself the ‘United States of America,’ then wondering why everybody doesn’t pull over on the high seas for their little inflatable Zodiac navy.
Except he had Al Gore, the man who was #2 in the Federal Government 8 years, telling everyone to pull over or else someone was gonna die.
pat says:
November 3, 2012 at 1:14 am
you can be absolutely sure Hugh Riminton would NEVER EVER write the following with Mann’s name instead of Monckton’s:
5 Feb 2010: The Punch, Australia: Hugh Riminton: Good Lord, Monckton is no Nobel laureate
Sorry Lord Monckton. You are a fraud.
Committee secretary Geir Lundestat had never heard of Lord Monckton. I emailed him the Monckton website.
“The claim is ridiculous,” said Lundestat. “He is not a laureate – no way, no way.”
Thousands of people, he said, participated in the program of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 prize with Al Gore.
“But the organisation won the prize. Not even Dr Rajendra Pachauri (the chair of the IPCC) is an individual laureate.”
No individual, no matter what their involvement with the IPCC, can pass themselves off an a Nobel Laureate…
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lord-monckton-nobel-prize/asc/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad
OT but looks like solar 24 may have peaked already were at 34 SSN currently!
http://www.solarham.net/trends.htm
J Martin says:
November 3, 2012 at 2:40 pm
“If nothing else, this saga emphasises the absurdity and stupidity of giving Nobel’s to organisations.”
Don’t forget that the peace prize has developed into becoming a political tool, instead of a price for promoting peace. A political prize promotes conflict, not peace, because you then support one side in a conflict, instead of those who work for peace.
It also told you everything you need to know about the IPCC. A political organisation, with a political agenda. Against the western civilisation. Supported by a bunch of misguided people in Christiania .(Sorry, “Oslo”.)
This is what in porn movies is described as “the money shot”
CSIRO Press Release:
Climate scientists share in Nobel Peace Prize
Reference: 07/204
Australian scientists who have been leading contributors to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been recognised for the crucial part they played in the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC.
16 October 2007
In a letter to lead and convening lead authors, the Chair of the IPCC, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, wrote: “I have been stunned in a pleasant way with the news of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for the IPCC.
“This makes each of you Nobel Laureates and it is my privilege to acknowledge this honour on your behalf. The fact that the IPCC has earned the recognition that this award embodies, is really a tribute to your knowledge, hard work and application,” Dr Pachauri said.
http://www.csiro.au/en/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Marine–Atmospheric-Research/NobelPeacePrizeWinners.aspx
It’s hardly fair. Michael Mann actually did a fair amount of work for the IPCC over a number of years, contributing more than just AR4 which was the basis of the award. Barak Obama made a bunch of speeches on “hope and change” and got elected president and was nominated for the Peace Prize just a few weeks after taking office. Yet Obama is the undisputed solo recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and Mann is just a resume embellisher.
I should think it would sour MM’s view of the award to realize just how much “image” rather than substance determines the decision.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL !
The SMARTEST MENN in the W.O.R.L.D.
DiDn’T KNOW they weren’t NOBEL LAUREATES, yet we have to ASSUME THEY’RE SO SMART WE aren’t ALLOWED to ARGUE, and ONE of them SUED some PEOPLE for CLAIMING he was a FAKER?
And INCLUDED IN the SUIT, not once but SEVERAL TIMES, that
HE
was a NOBEL LAUREATE !?!?!?
LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoL !
So the SMARTEST MANN in the WERLD
Was told by the TRAIN ENGINEER the UN put in charge of the WORLD’S most PRESSING PROBLEM,
that HE WON a NOBEL PRIZE,
and
that MANN BELIEVED HIMM?!?!?!?
*g*o*L*F* *c*L*a*P*
And
WE’RE
ALL
RABBLE?
I hope the bus runs on bio-diesel or is a Hybrid.
Wondering if the Nobel Committee is a bunch of lunatic lefties is very easy to confirm. The majority are former Labour government members and socialists. Who else would award aone to a murderous terrorist like Arafat or give one to Obama for “gonna do something”, which he never did.
The Nobel prize is quickly becoming a joke just like the EU is, they got one too as well, just for being there regardless of a joke that has become. All the decisions to award that “prize” is solely based on left wing politics and how far they have promoted their doctrine. It is sadly becoming a complete politicised scam and nowhere near what it was originally created for.
They are going to need a bigger bus!
Larry
Surely you mean convoy Larry! ;¬)
Time for a Everybody Draw your own Nobel Prize Day?
Waiting for Saul Alinsky to receive a posthumous Nobel certificate indicating his contribution to Obama’s Nobel Peas Prize, 3.. 2… 1…
Rosco says:
November 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm
it was simply a clerical filing error that the magistrate allowed to be amended and re-served
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a clerical error attaches no fault to the person making the claim. A false claim is an entirely different animal. Far from being a small item, a false claim establishes either that the person is gullible, careless or dishonest.
If you appear before the courts waving the IPCC documents as proof of being a Nobel Laureate this shows you are gullible. If you failed to check the accuracy of these documents, then it shows you are careless. If you knew, of should have known the documents were not correct, then it shows you are dishonest.
Everyone making a claim has a responsibility to exercise due diligence to make sure the claim is accurate. If you “cherry pick” documents from the IPCC and use this as the basis for a claim that you are a Nobel Laureate, then this speaks to your character, how you will act in other circumstances. It establishes that you would “cherry pick” other evidence in making other claims. Which is pretty much what this case is about.