by Judith Curry IPCC model global warming projections have done much better than you think. – Dana Nuccitelli Last February, I wrote a post Spinning the climate model – observation comparison, where I introduced Ed Hawkins’ now famous graph: The following … Continue reading →
On the basis of a politically-massaged summary and a stack of press advisories, the media has blasted IPCC talking points around the world.
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Last Friday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a 36-page document. Called the Summary for Policymakers, it claimed to summarize 14 chapters of new, not-yet-released material.
by Judith Curry A fascinating look at the how the deliberations in Stockholm influenced the final IPCC AR5 WG1 Summary for Policy Makers The iisd is a reporting service for environment and development negotiations. They provide fascinating context and details … Continue reading →
Nevertheless, even if there is such decrease in the solar activity, there is a high confidence that the TSI RF variations will be much smaller in magnitude than the projected increased forcing due to GHG. – IPCC AR5 Chapter 8 Section … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry Well here it is, the pause discussion is buried in Box 9.2 of the IPCC Working Group I Report. The Final Draft SPM summed it up correctly as: “Models do not generally reproduce the observed reduction in … Continue reading →
A few days ago, Jochem Marotzke, an IPCC Coordinating Lead Author and, according to Der Spiegel, “president of the German Climate Consortium and Germany’s top scientific representative in Stockholm”, was praised (e.g.
The IPCC chairman’s 2010 work of fiction and the credibility of the IPCC’s 2013-2014 climate report are now inextricably linked.
I’ve just published a book that argues that Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a disgrace. If we were facing a genuine planetary emergency, someone dramatically different would be leading that organization.
by Judith Curry Diagnosis: paradigm paralysis, caused by motivated reasoning, oversimplification, and consensus seeking; worsened and made permanent by a vicious positive feedback effect at the climate science-policy interface. In a previous post, I discussed the IPCC’s diagnosis of a … Continue reading →
