Climate for Corruption | Climate Etc.

The IPCC Bureau seems a bit mysterious to me, but basically they are in charge of the IPCC.  We have previously discussed sources of bias in the IPCC, including groupthink, noble/Nobel cause ‘corruption’, green politics, etc.  But these kinds of biases pale in the face of the potential for scientific corruption associated with billions of dollars at stake for the developing world in the various UN climate funds.  They dynamic of the whole thing has changed with the prospect of these funds

I am particularly concerned about WG II, which has a large membership from the developing world.  Apart from torquing of the entire enterprise by the Bureau, what kind of pressure might the participating scientists be under from their governments (esp those ranking very high on the corruption index) to make their country look the neediest for these funds, by cherry picking or even ‘cooking’ data, or otherwise torquing the the Reports?  This is made easy by much of the information cited by WG II is not peer reviewed.

Stratus Consulting awarded contract to support the U.S. EPA’s Climate Change [Scam] Division | Stratus Consulting

Stratus Consulting has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical and outreach support services to the Climate Change Division (CCD) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Stratus Consulting is one of several awardees who will be eligible to compete for individual projects from the CCD. The contract has a ceiling value of up to $26.8 million.

Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown: AP Alaska | Alaska news at adn.com

Tillerson blamed a public that is "illiterate" in science and math, a "lazy" press, and advocacy groups that "manufacture fear" for energy misconceptions in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations....But he questioned the ability of climate models to predict the magnitude of the impact. He said that people would be able to adapt to rising sea levels and changing climates that may force agricultural production to shift.

"We have spent our entire existence adapting. We'll adapt," he said. "It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution."