Our resident cartoonist, Josh, points out an article in the Sunday Times of London that is horrible in more ways than one. First, it’s yet another IPCC report, second, “it’s worse than we thought.”
Like all things horrible about climate, its behing a paywall. So there is a PDF at the end of this post.
Seems that not everyone in climate world thinks its horrible, excerpt”
Talks last night overran, with international officials
and scientists working to finalise the wording as they
went line by line through the 40-page report, which
will be presented to governments around the world.
Extracts from a draft version said it was too late to
reverse some of the effects. “Some options for climate
resilient development have already been forfeited due
to past societal choices,” it said, describing a “rapidly
closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and
sustainable future for all”.
Russia, Saudi Arabia and India repeatedly objected to
the negative tone of the report. “They are delaying
everything whenever they can,” a source close to the
discussions said. “Russia in particular is trying to
emphasise any benefit from global warming and trying
to remove mention of climate impacts caused by
human activities.”
Josh sums it up with a cartoon:
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If it’s worse than they thought, perhaps they should stop thinking?
Oh…
Wait…
NVM, as you were. 😀
“Extracts from a draft version said it was too late to reverse some of the effects.”
Nice, it’s often been said that New England winters used to be worse- and that’s true. But I don’t know anyone who wants to go back to such winters- though of course it’ll happen sooner or later as the weather here constantly changes. Yet, this winter so far is fairly “normal” if such an adjective could be used for the weather here. It’s suppossed to be 7 F tonight as we go into March 1. Yet, the media across the region still cries that we’re all gonna burn up real soon now. They’re about as insane as Putin. I have a Peterson Field Guide to wildflowers- with a note in it from March 8, 1973 which says it was 78 F that day and I saw several species of wildflowers that day. Right now I have a foot of snow in my yard and its going to be frigid all this coming week. I’m really beginning to hate the climatistas as much as Ukrainians are hating Russians. And one of the main solutions for the climatistas to “save the planet” is end all tree cutting- after all, they already own wood homes with wood furniture and tons of paper products. The next generation can live in straw huts and sit on rocks. Of course that doesn’t include the next generation of the very rich elites from Harvard and Yale.
“international officials and scientists working to finalise the wording as they went line by line” unmentioned, green NGO activists.
Also unmentioned, line by line = phrasing adjusted to political consensus.
Also unmentioned, the AR is ex post facto changed to agree with the politicized SPM.
The only solution is to pull the money. Defund the UN.
When I was a kid, some cars had the bumper sticker, “US out of the UN. UN out of the US.” I didn’t understand it then. I understand it in spades today and fully agree.
Perhaps. But the source doesn’t make them wrong.
How can things possibly get any worse than predicted for 50 years now?
We are obviously frying and we are obviously drowning. We are obviously poverty stricken and we are obviously starving.
The poles have obviously melted and the deserts are growing.
It’s so bad that humanity is distracted by a war in Ukraine that is more important the the most important thing to humanity.
John Kerry was obviously right, think of climate change instead of war.
Obviously a war in Ukraine is obviously more important to humanity than the obviously destructive effects of covid.
Obviously covid doesn’t affect soldiers huddled together in barracks, or tanks, or foxholes, vaccinated or otherwise. At least, obviously, in Russia, and Ukraine. Although, obviously, every Russian soldier is vaccinated with a vaccine that actually works.
In which case, couldn’t a collective Russian sneeze have the same effect as boots on the ground?
Am I skeptical of everything?
Let me put it this way. As an agnostic (and therefore a religious coward) I now have considerably more faith in the existence of god than I do of the commandments he expected us all to live by.
As for climate change, I figure the dizzy old git dropped the ball when he realised atmo CO2 was going to fall to 180ppm during the last ice age and invented mankind to reverse the trend by discovering fire.
Some believe God is intervening in our lives in a mysterious way. Were I to fully believe in him I would accept my 1970’s Geography teachers definition of God:
“He dropped us onto a planet he relinquished control over and is waiting to see what will happen”.
In which case, God is a scientist. Well, one Christian ideology of God at least.
Trust is something earned. The past computer Climate Models have all been wrong. Why trust the present ones?
The past PR Hollywood Models have also been wrong. “2012”, “The Day After Tomorrow”, etc. Why let them form your opinion of CAGW … er … Man caused “Climate Change”?
PS In regards to “The Day After Tomorrow”, some might say “tomorrow never comes”. EXACTLY!
Times science editor Ben Spencer’s education (from LinkedIn):
University of Oxford BA (Hons), Modern History 2003 – 2006
The University of Sheffield Masters, Journalism 2008 – 2009
Hills Road Sixth Form College 2000 – 2002
Comberton Village College 1995 – 2000
Guaranteed able to critically appraise and accurately present scientific claims.
Typical of so many of today’s “scientists”.
Although I had no intention of becoming a scientist, I ended up with a B.S. in Physics, graduating in the top quarter of my class overall and competing with a high percentage of engineering students. I started studying this “Global Warming” business back in 2006, quickly realized what a bunch of fear-mongering garbage it was, and further learning hasn’t changed my opinion one little bit. Further study told me we are heading for the next big ice age, and our only option is to adapt.
A Ph.D. phsycist of my acquaintance has derived a more complete model of orbital mechanics and predicts the Holocene/glacial transition in about 500 years.
Utterly agree with your garbage diagnosis.
When did the UN become “official”? They can’t even condemn Russia for invading sovereign nations.
Since everything the UN says about climate is “worse than we thought”, all that proves is they were incapable of doing any serious thinking or analysis.
I defy anyone to maintain that they can feel the difference of 1 deg C in 100 years, most of which happens at night in the winter.
The UN is like the drunk in the corner at the pub, full of advice and wisdom but a bit short on cash (can you buy me a beer son).
When the sun comes up in the morning and blasts it’s rays into my kitchen, it’s not unusual for my ace thermometer to register an increase of one degree per half-hour. I haven’t died yet. At least I don’t think so.