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What the IPCC Citizen’s Audit really means

Yesterday, the IPCC Citizen's Audit results were released. They show that out of 18,531 references in the AR4, 5,587 (30%) are not peer-reviewed. These results are making their rounds around the internet, but what do they really mean?

First, I need to state that I was involved in the audit. I was an auditor, and I also helped Donna Laframboise in a few other ways, such as creating a guide to auditing the report. If you've ever visited this site in the past, you know that I have looked fairly in depth at the AR4 and found several interesting things, such as the boot cleaning guide, the master's student story, the master's students citations, the false wildfire-tourism claim, all the news articles, the issues with the authors falsely citing themselves, and other interesting stuff. I already know that the AR4 isn't entirely based on peer-reviewed material.