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Reminder that every single sentence in the IPCC report must be approved unanimously by a panel of government-appointed authors from various countries, including
by mrpopo 7y ago
Reminder that every single sentence in the IPCC report must be approved unanimously by a panel of government-appointed authors from various countries, including e.g. Saudi Arabia. Therefore IPCC reports are to be considered as quite conservative (the seriousness of the situation is often leveled down).
Nonetheless, that's what makes them an irrefutable source. Anyone discrediting the IPCC reports findings can and should be dismissed immediately from the discussion.
- qnsi 7y ago[]
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoBeing an intergovernmental body, they also include representatives from the oil states and administrations who are "wilfully unconvinced" by any science that might impact profit or industrial dominance. Yet IPCC reports still require unanimity. Here's a report of Saudi leading a push to tone down reports to protect their oil interests, which I see as substantively different to making a mistake: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/may/15/ipcc-un-climate-reports-diluted-protect-fossil-fuel-interests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/m...