The U.K. Guardian continues to churn out alarmism like there’s no tomorrow (which, come to think of it, in the minds of that newspaper’s activist-journalists, there may well not be) with such headlines as: “Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink Exclusive: Record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reach”…
The recent election of a Conservative majority government here in Canada gives promise of a return to sanity on the issue of global warming aka climate change. An announcement by Peter Kent, the Environment Minister, to the effect that cap and trade is “off the table” is welcome news; although the current plan to implement…
The CBC is Canada’s national public broadcasting corporation. As such, one should have the right to expect some elements of professionalism in their practice of journalism. Alas, with very few exceptions, professionalism at the CBC has become highly conspicuous by its absence. Prejudicial and biased choice of words – not to mention those they choose…
As I had posted some months ago, during its review of the processes and procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the InterAcademy Council (IAC) observed (p. 53): Questions about potential conflicts of interest, for example, have been raised about […] the practice of scientists responsible for writing IPCC assessments reviewing their own…
Further to the E-mail I had sent on May 14, I received an E-mail this morning from “Deputy Secretary Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)”. It reads as follows: Dear Ms. Ostrov, I refer to your message of 15 May, addressed to Nick Nuttall and Rockaya Aidara. Please note that the text of the decisions…
About a month ago, I had commented on a recommendation (by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Task Group on Procedures) that the current (albeit rarely practiced) “rule” that non-peer-reviewed literature is supposed be appropriately flagged should be dropped. As I mentioned in my last post, I sent off an E-mail enquiry in an…
A funny thing happened on the way to this blogpost … I had intended to discuss the rather conspicuous absence of any mention in the May 13 Press Release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of whether or not the IPCC had accepted the “draft” recommendation of the Task Group on Procedures to…
Well, the “full” [1,000 page] version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Working Group III’s “Special Report” urging the expenditure of trillions, won’t be available until May 31. And the IPCC 33rd Session isn’t due to start until tomorrow, May 10 – at least according to their Provisional Agenda. Strangely, unless the “Special…
In the interest of “transparency”, one of the key recommendations of the recent InterAcademy Council (IAC)’s review of the processes and procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was as follows [p. 66]: The IPCC should develop and adopt formal qualifications and formally articulate the roles and responsibilities for all Bureau members, including…
