Guest essay by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor of Geology, Western Washington University Mark Twain popularized the saying “There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians.” After reading the recently-released [IPCC…
Category: IPCC AR5 Report
IPCC's High-impact, low-probability risk media talking points
‘Abrupt Climate Change’ may turn out to be an IPCC own goal Guest essay by Barry Brill It’s one thing to terrify the populace with apocalyptic rhetoric and images of…
The IPCC flip flop on year 2100 temperature projections
Andrew Montford at Bishop Hill recently posted links to the AR5 second order draft materials and comments dated March 28th, 2013. With those available it allows us to begin constructing…
You don't want to see sausage or climate policy being made
Tom Nelson points this out – IPCC sausage-making details: Saudi Arabia cautioned against “giving policy makers the message that CO2 drives global warming” Summary of the Twelfth Session of the…
McIntyre on IPCC's switching the pea under the thimble
Fixing the Facts – By Steve McIntyre Figure 1.4 of the Second Order Draft clearly showed the discrepancy between models and observations, though IPCC’s covering text reported otherwise. I discussed…
Confidence tricks between IPCC AR4 and AR5
Patrick Carlberg writes: I can’t assess the validity of the values from the climate models presented in AR5 (mostly due to lack of time). But I can tell you there…
The WUWT Hotsheet for Monday Sept 30th, 2013
(Personal note – apologies for the light posting today, I’m overwhelmed with work, and exhausted from overwork – Anthony) The IPCC AR5 falls flat Dr. Judith Curry has been making…
IPCC AR5 full final report released – full access here
From the IPCC website: Final Draft Note The Final Draft Report, dated 7 June 2013, of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Climate Change 2013:…
Open Letter to the Honorable John Kerry U.S. Secretary of State
September 30, 2013 The Honorable John Kerry Secretary of State Washington D.C. 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary: Your press release dated September 27, 2013 Release of the Fifth Assessment of the…
To the IPCC: Forget about "30 years"
IPCC has never waited for 30-year trends, and they were right. Guest essay by Barry Brill Under pressure at a media conference following release of its Summary for Policymakers, AR5…
'97% consensus' apparently doesn't exist at the IPCC
Consensus? What Consensus? You’d think they’d be able to agree on this most important number. They did for AR4.
Uh oh, a significant error spotted in the just released IPCC AR5 SPM
From the “(pick one: 90% 95% 97%) certainty department, comes this oopsie:
Expensive Energy Kills Poor People
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Lesotho (pronounced “Leh – soo – too”), is a mountain fortress of a country, totally surrounded by South Africa. The people there, the Basotho (pronounced…
New IPCC Climate Report Already Obsolete
Guest essay by Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger WASHINGTON, DC – The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of…
IPCC Fails To Come Clean Over Global Temperature Standstill
IPCC’s Diversion Tactics Criticised The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is criticising the IPCC for its deliberate attempt to obscure the reality of an ongoing temperature standstill and its failure…
Reactions to IPCC AR5 Summary for Policy Makers
This is a bullet point collection of reactions as they come in, it will be updated throughout the day by adding new items to the list. It is also a…
Sorry IPCC – How You Portrayed the Global Temperature Plateau is Comical at Best
NOTE: Please see the 2 updates at the end of the post. # # # The IPCC released their “approved” Summary for Policymakers for their 5th Assessment Report early this…
Discussion thread for IPCC live press conference webcast
Webcast of IPCC press conference STOCKHOLM, 24 September – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is holding a press conference at 10.00 a.m. Stockholm time (4AM EDT, 1AM PDT)…
Almost Friday Funny – 5 answers from the IPCC on AR5
Josh writes: We are all very excited about the IPCC Summary for Policymakers coming tomorrow, Friday 27th September, but today we can reveal an exclusive pre-press conference handy crib sheet…
IPCC on acid – if they are virtually certain about ocean acidification, why does X-prize offer a reward for designing a proper ocean pH meter?
The IPCC writes in the “leaked” SPM It is very likely that oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2 results in acidification of the ocean. The pH 44 (see 7) of seawater…
You must be logged in to post a comment.