[IPCC head Pachauri: Hardly policy neutral]

Washington, Oct 3 (PTI) Ahead of the key Copenhagen meet in December to tackle global warming, leading Indian environmentalist R K Pachauri and 29 other global leaders have inked a declaration vowing to jointly work to pursue clean transportation and back national climate change legislations.

2007: Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC, Science and Politics Archives

...the formal mandate of the IPCC is to be "policy neutral." But with its recent higher profile, it seems that the IPCC leadership believes that it can flout this stance with impunity.

Speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Lloyd's of London [Voltaire]

The current science suggests that, for every 1.8 degree rise in temperature above historical norms, food production will drop 10%.
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We know that Arctic ice is retreating. In fact the Arctic is warming faster than other part of the world. This is not necessarily a threat. In many ways it’s an opportunity – opening up the Northwest Passage cuts 4000 nautical miles off the trip from Europe to Asia. You can bet a lot of companies have done that math. But we can’t wish away the security implications. An entire side of North America will be much more exposed. Increased shipping means a greater need for search and rescue. And there will be competition for resources that had, until now, been covered under ice.
...All it will take is a lot more vigour, a lot more innovation, and a lot more cooperation. That is especially true when it comes to climate change. But the first step is realising that a famous environmental group was very wise and very farseeing indeed when they chose their name. Today, more than ever, “green” and “peace” really do go together.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-09). Secretary General of NATO (since 2009).