Quark Soup by David Appell: Hulme, The (Disappointing) Finale

the IPCC 5AR Zero Order Drafts that were leaked a few months ago already seem to be going far beyond science. For example, the 13th Chapter of Working Group 2, "Livelihoods and Poverty," has subsections on "Inequality and Marginalization," "Indigenous People," and "Gender," among others... Gender! What is that doing in a document assessing science?

...It's not the these aren't important issues, but we're being told climate change requires immediate action to, essentially, rebuild the infrastructure of civilization. We can't possibly solve all of humanity's endless number of problems while reconnecting the pipes, and to try would be to dilute the effort until it dissolves into nothing.

A Fresh Look at Clouds, and Heat, in the Greenhouse - NYTimes.com

The Lindzen focus is a distraction, to my mind. Anyone thinking that the erosion of Lindzen’s credibility will somehow build societal enthusiasm for cutting greenhouse gas emissions is probably overly optimistic. This was expressed bluntly in Mother Jones by Kevin Drum, who wrote that clouds (and Lindzen) aren’t “deniers’ last hope,” adding, “Human greed and self interest are their last hope, and there’s very little chance of that diminishing anytime in the near future.”

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Mark Lynas » Where sea-level rise isn’t what it seems

Whoa! No sea-level rise there, then. And yet of course climate campaigners – and even the Kiribati government – understandably anxious to highlight the future existential threat to the islands, have used storm surges, flooding events and suchlike as evidence of current sea-level rise impacts. Which they are almost certainly not, at least not in Tarawa atoll anyway.