Here's something really shocking about the upcoming IPCC climate report.
As noted in a prior post, only IPCC insiders have access to the WG1 Report between the Feb 2, 2007 release of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the scheduled publication of the WG1 Report in May 2007. To my knowledge, such a procedure is unprecedented in public commission reporting.In searching for an explanation of this astonishing procedure, here’s what IPCC procedures (section 4) say about Technical Report acceptance:
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.So the purpose of the three-month delay between the publication of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the release of the actual WG1 is to enable them to make any “necessary†adjustments to the technical report to match the policy summary. Unbelievable.
When your science is questionable it's always best to write the conclusion first so you can make sure you reach it.
(HT: Clayton Cramer, who elaborates on why anthropogenic global warming is a religion and not science at all.)
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