UN chief takes fossil-fueled trip to Kevin Trenberth's NCAR; blames tornadoes on CO2; congratulates warmist junk scientists for "refusing to be swayed by politics, skeptics and interest groups"

United Nations News Centre - UN chief hails science’s contribution in addressing climate change

7 June 2013 – The scientific community plays a key role in finding new ways to combat climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that governments must use scientific data to mobilize resources and take action against this global threat.

“The reason climate change has risen on the global agenda is because the facts don’t lie. Our world is warming, and our greenhouse gas emissions are a significant cause,” Mr. Ban told members of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

“We know this thanks to you – scientists and researchers studying the data and .”

Mr. Ban pointed out that in recent years climate change has risen to the top of the UN’s agenda as an urgent priority that is affecting all countries in increasingly extreme ways, from flooding in Asia to tornadoes in the United States and drought in the Sahel.

“We need people like you, and institutions like this, to analyze the trends, sort the data and produce useful information for forming policy,” Mr. Ban said. “Your work makes my job easier. I am committed to mobilizing political will at the highest levels to address this global challenge.”

Flashback: Shock: In a quote-rich David Appell article, Trenberth says "the IPCC has not paid enough attention to natural variability" and Ben Santer says "It’s certainly the case that we got some of the forcings wrong"

These increases are certainly less than the warming rates of the 1980s and first half of the 1990s of about 0.15 to 0.20 C (.27 and .36 F respectively) and per decade. The earlier period may have provided an unrealistic view of the global warming signal, says Kevin Trenberth, climate scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Co.

“One of the things emerging from several lines is that the IPCC has not paid enough attention to natural variability, on several time scales,” [Trenberth said]