The rest of his comments were the usual crap, but he squeezed out a little bit of truth.
“what happens in Queensland or what happens in Russia or for that matter the floods in the Mississippi River right now, whether there is a link between those and climate change is very difficult to establish. So I don’t think anyone can make a categorical statement on that.”
that credibility ring is still just out of reach………..
“So I don’t think anyone can make a categorical statement on that.”
Translation: We do it all the time because it is our mission to affect policy. See, we are saving the world from being one in which we, the chosen few, are not enriched and endowed with the authority over the commoners. We scare people to save them because they are stupid and don’t know what’s good for them. So, as long as the lies and exagerations are made to affect policy in the direction that we want it to go, it is o.k., but when it is done to counter our position, it cannot be supported.
No, he is still as “sure” as ever.
“And the work goes on, with Dr Pachauri among those leaving Abu Dhabi for Australia and a workshop on extreme weather events – a topic of real interest to many Australians, but with implications in many corners of the globe.
“We are sure that the kinds of events that we’ve seen recently are likely to become much more frequent and much more severe,” he told the ABC’s Sarah Clarke.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13414459
Steven, Richard Black’s BBC blog is often a ‘treasure trove’ of ridiculous material that is highly suited to your marvellous sarcasm. In this one he ‘examines’ the new and improved IPCC.