With Rajenda K. Pachauri now “toast“, and an AR6 in the works, this is this most logical choice forward.
Guest essay by Tom Fuller
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Nominate Judith Curry as the next Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization created by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme, will elect a new chair this year. The post is currently being filled by an interim chair following the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri.
The United States has currently nominated Dr. Chris Field. We petition the current administration to withdraw his nomination and instead nominate Judith Curry.
Judith A. Curry is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her integrity, understanding of the science and related policy issues make her a better choice, for the IPCC and American interests as well.
SIGNATURES NEEDED BY APRIL 03, 2015 TO REACH GOAL OF 100,000
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But, but, but, Judith Curry is a “climate denier,” so my warmist alarmist acquaintences have told me.
Why yes, there are snowballs in hell. Why do ask/
Whether Dr. Curry would accept remains to be seen. The nomination petition for her to seat the IPCC must be creating dirty britches among the alarmist camp. The mere thought of a true scientist at the head the IPCC will cause them irreversible and incontrovertible nightmares.
Dr. Curry as leader of NASA sounds good to me.
If there ever be another GOP president, Soon, Baliunas & Curry are liable to hold positions of power in his or her administration
Curry’s suggested position does not come Soon enough.
NASA… hmmm. Well, if that ever happens maybe we can have Steven Goddard (Tony) appointed to head NASA’s Goddard Institute.
/sarc off, but it would be fun to see that/
does anyone really believe the UN (or the governments controlling the decisions) cares who a bunch of skeptics thinks should be the next IPCC chairman?
Roy,
Does a tree falling in the woods make a sound if there’s no one to hear?
They certainly won’t care if we don’t make a sound. We know there is someone to hear, so if we make a sound we’ll have evidence if they chosing to NOT listen.
Roy,
Actually, if Congress threatened to end US funding of the IPCC unless she were appointed, the UN might well heed a bunch of skeptics.
The Obama Administration wouldn’t support her, but when it comes to the UN budget, no group on the planet carries more weight than the US Congress.
You are probably right Roy, I too doubt if Obama would nominate Dr. Curry for that position regardless of the number of signatures on a petition.
Besides, Dr. Curry seems to believe in the scientific method and following proper science wherever it leads, and these attributes would automatically disqualify her for the IPCC job.
Even so, if she would accept the nomination, I’d sign the petition.
Dr. Spencer, No, I don’t think they care.
I signed, not because I think she would be nominated or accept if she were but to help “send a message” even if it will be ignored.
To quote the Moody Blues, “It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave. Keep on thinking free.”
Maybe you could petition Pelosi and her friends to switch parties while you are at it. 😉
He, he – Pelosi would probably sign that petition,
you know,
before she reads it.
You have to sign the petition to know what’s in it.
Is this open to non-US citizens?
Probably not.
As a US citizen could I sign a petition in the UK or Australia and have my signature count?
It’s for an international post not a US post. Yes it seems to be open to non US citizens. I signed it and it took my UK postcode or zip code and sent me a confirmation email. Yet to see my name appear on the displayed list though, so currently unsure if my vote got counted.
Update. My initials have appeared. It left my location blank as it couldn’t resolve a UK postcode to a US location. So non US citizens, dont hesitate, start signing.
Junk Science Week 2015: Time for post-Pachauri reform at IPCC (By Judith Curry)
http://business.financialpost.com/2015/03/03/junk-science-week-2015-time-for-post-pachauri-reform-at-ipcc/
I’d nominate Rambo. He’s good at blowing up stuff around him.
I also signed but as already stated above, ‘It will never happen’
I signed!
Great idea except for two little glitches. The IPCC bureaucracy would not want any part of her and she likely as not would want no part of the job.
Now, if she decided to campaign for the position I’d be cheering her on!
Bureaucracies tend to be self perpetuating in that Bureaucracies like bureaucrats; and then there is racism. With Hoesung Lee, a South Korean Economists in the hunt, Bon Ki Moon will anoint “by the blood” rather than on any measurable or rational criteria. Evil is as evil does.
Dr. Curry is a scientist, not a politician. Dr. Curry has integrity, not a warped character. Such people do not do well presiding over evil empires. They never fix them and often succumb to the plots of underlings.
See Bill Proenza.
I’d rather defund the IPCC entirely. That has about as much chance of happening as the current US administration nominating Judith Curry to chair it, but would be much more satisfying. I mean, as long as we’re all dreaming anyway.
Since the IPCC does no research, all the same research by independent scientists would still continue, with the same conclusions.
wsarrenlb
If there were no IPCC then there would be no IPCC Reports to promote pseudoscience from ‘the Team’ while ignoring the research and its conclusions provided by independent scientists.
Richard
And, the IPCC does do an SPM. Maybe the worst part.
The “Developing World” wouldn’t like having a mere woman at the top.
I signed the petition for Judith Curry even thought she is not a good fit. She is intelligent, open minded, rational, has demonstrated high level of integrity even in adverse situations, and importantly not an ideologue.
This is not what the IPCC is looking for, but I voted for Judith Curry anyways as a show of support for her and her good work.
Can non-U.S. citizens sign this petition too?
Obama will be going to head the UN in 2017. He will appoint an Alarmist to head the IPCC.
He will push for an Alarmist now that will be compatible the present gang of liars.
First; would Dr Curry accept the job if it was offered to her? If not, it would be a waste of time nominating her, has anyone asked her?
Second am eligible to vote since I am a UK citizen? If I was I most certainly would vote for her if the other conditions I mentioned above were fulfilled.
Sorry for duplication Scarface, was still typing as you posted!
Poor Judith. What has she ever done to deserve that. It is the job from hell.
I think it is horrible that any of you are thinking of nominating an actual human being for that position.
ahem, no I will not serve
But I’d like to offer a better non-human nomination – Bernie Sanders, the indistiguished Senator from my home here in Vermont, the State of Green Whatever.
Think about it:
+ he could drop that stupid independent/socialist disguise and go straight for his fascism
+ he can scream non-stop for hours without a script (even he doesn’t know what he’s saying)
+ he already has a huge carbon faceprint and would be so honored with more, much more !!!
+ he has no idea whatsoever about science, but that never gets in his way
+ he can sell bird-beaters to GreenPeaceniks
+ he would provide decades of entertainment bashing
+ we’d get him the hell out of here and into a seriously meaningless position of apparent importance
I believe I could go on . . . Obummer would LOVE Bernie
Give Bernie a chance !!!!!!!
don’t compromise Judith Curry
just to put a face to that:
Bubba Cow,
Shut …UP!!
They might get wind of your reasons, and start to seriously consider Sanders.
Col. Sanders?
oh he has passed away, but that could work – holy messages from the great beyond and just no chance for email sexual harassment – well, tough to hack ;(
I’m not seeing my signature show up yet on the petition. Seems stuck at 240.
nevermind….seeing updates…
that’s close enough to 100,000 for the IPCC!
I think she’s safe. Thank goodness.
Pforr … that’s at least 97% !
The carbonistas would never accept her. What we need is someone from another branch of science with huge scientific stature and a well known reputation for impeccable scientific honesty.
I call for … a moment of silence in memory of Richard Feynman.
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Gone but not forgotten.
I just signed but I have a couple questions.
1) The IPCC is a UN body. It is presumably not up to Barack Obama to propose anyone for chair of the IPCC.
2) The petition asks for a zip code, implying a US address. Surely the creator of the petition, having had a great idea, realises that there are a few of us residing outside the US.
This is only for who the US would nominate, people from other nations will be nominated as well, and an american may or may not get the position.