Surprise, surprise, the latest IPCC report says things are even worse than everyone thought. The world’s going to heat up by 3.75C +/- 2.65. We’re all going to die.
Not everyone agrees (not that the BBC aknowlege this).
Just the facts, then:
- The IPCC report may have had over 2500 scientists working on it, but what is being reported on is not the report itself, but the “Summary for Policymakers”.
- The “Summary for Policymakers” was written primarily by “political appointees”.
- The full text of the report will not be available for another three months.
- The report (written by scientists) may be changed to make sure it agrees with the summary (written primarily by political appointees) — appendix A says “Changes (other than
grammatical or minor editorial changes) made after acceptance by the Working Group or the Panel shall be those
necessary to ensure consistency with the Summary for Policymakers or the Overview Chapter.” - Christopher Landsea, who did research into hurricanes that showed that hurricane activity hadn’t increased significantly in the last 12 years, resigned from his participation in the IPCC report because he was concerned that the IPCC were mis-representing his research to the media.
Still no reason to fully embrace Climate-changism, then. Let’s see what the report looks like when it comes out in three months’ time.