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Plenty of people who would have reason to know think the IPCC's reports are overly conservative because they are trying to spur action / avoid defeatism, and be
by ForHackernews 7y ago
Plenty of people who would have reason to know think the IPCC's reports are overly conservative because they are trying to spur action / avoid defeatism, and because they have to reflect a baseline consensus of many researchers.
https://skepticalscience.com/ipcc-scientific-consensus.htm https://skepticalscience.com/ipcc-scientific-consensus.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/30/climate-scientists-arent-too-alarmist-theyre-too-conservative/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/30/clima...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43e8yp/the-uns-devastating-climate-change-report-was-too-optimistic https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43e8yp/the-uns-devastatin...