Comments on: IPCC bases claim of 1.3 billion agricultural workers on news article, changes title

By: shmelly

shmelly — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:59:46 +0000

Another thing… We need a more balanced approach to agriculture. The same IPCC documents admits that many of the proposed ‘mitigation’ measures like Hydro and Biomass systems could increase the vulnerability of poor people to climate impacts (like reduced rainfall). This is not something we often hear about, though.

There is only a short chapter on potential conflicts of adaptation and mitigation.. which could be potentially serious.. It undermines the extent to which a focus on adaptation would benefit the poorest farmers.

By: shmelly

shmelly — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:54:29 +0000

Unfortunately they also spelled the author’s name wrong on the citation. It was quoted as “Dean” but actually spelled “Deen” in the news article. Oops.

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By: NewPoster

NewPoster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:42:55 +0000

Here is another allegation of a dodgy citation in IPCC report – covered in the Sunday Times – http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7017907.ece – This time about North African agriculture. Some quotes:

The most important is a claim that global warming could cut rain-fed north African crop production by up to 50% by 2020, a remarkably short time for such a dramatic change. The claim has been quoted in speeches by Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, and by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general.

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The African claims could be even more embarrassing for the IPCC because they appear not only in its report on climate change impacts but, unlike the glaciers claim, are also repeated in its Synthesis Report.

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The claims in the Synthesis Report go back to the IPCC’s report on the global impacts of climate change. It warns that all Africa faces a long-term threat from farmland turning to desert and then says of north Africa, “additional risks that could be exacerbated by climate change include greater erosion, deficiencies in yields from rain-fed agriculture of up to 50% during the 2000-20 period, and reductions in crop growth period (Agoumi, 2003)”.

“Agoumi” refers to a 2003 policy paper written for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Canadian think tank. The paper was not peer-reviewed.

By: julie

julie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:38:38 +0000

is there a single sentence in the AR4 that can be relied upon?

By: Hu Duck Xing

Hu Duck Xing — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:53:15 +0000

Here’s a great report/interview on the sea level hoax;
http://www.climatechangefacts.info/ClimateChangeDocuments/NilsAxelMornerinterview.pdf

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The Strata-Sphere » Global Warming Incoherence — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:49:29 +0000

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By: SteveCase

SteveCase — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:35:59 +0000

SteveCase

I think their sea level claims are in the tank as well. They say a rise of .59 meters by 2100 plus land ice melt. What little I’ve dug up doesn’t support that.

By: Albert

Albert — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:56:23 +0000

There is also a claim that a portion of Bangladesh will disappear when the satellite data shows that Bangladesh surface grows at a rate of 20 sq km/year.
I think it would be interesting to investigate more.
Here is the link:
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/international/the-hottest-hoax-in-the-world

Another total lie has been that the Sunderbans in Bangladesh are sinking on account of the rise in sea level. The IPCC claimed that one-fifth of Bangladesh will be under water by 2050. Well, it turns out this is an absurd, unscientific and outrageous claim. According to scientists at the Centre for Environmental and Geographical Information Services (Cegis) in Dhaka, its surface area appears to be growing by 20 sq km annually. Cegis has based its results on more than 30 years of satellite imagery. IPCC has not retracted this claim. As far as they are concerned, Bangladesh is a goner by 2050, submerged forever in the Bay of Bengal.