Complaint to Ofcom Regarding “The Great Global Warming Swindle”2. Complete Transcript and Rebuttal |
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[Comment 17: The IPCC procedures explicitly state that their reports “should be neutral with respect to policy” (see: http://tinyurl.com/2o4948, PDF). Hence, Stott is, in effect, claiming that the IPCC is breaching its own constitution as a matter of course. This is a very serious allegation, but despite this, absolutely no evidence is provided, nor is the IPCC given the chance to respond, which is a clear breach of Section 7 of the Ofcom Code. With regard to the specific evidence for or against Stott’s claim, one should note that the conclusions of the IPCC have been endorsed by most of the world’s academies of science (see http://tinyurl.com/yoea6l, PDF, and http://tinyurl.com/2d5uxq, PDF), as well as by many of the world’s respected professional scientific organizations such as the American Meteorological Society (http://tinyurl.com/3yopfc) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (http://tinyurl.com/23pte3, PDF). Furthermore, the IPCC’s conclusions have also been endorsed by the leaders of many of the world’s largest corporations, including BP (http://tinyurl.com/2gpc8t), Shell (http://tinyurl.com/2t5z5y), DuPont (http://tinyurl.com/2dptz5), 18 leading Canadian corporations (http://tinyurl.com/2chfar), and the Climate Group (http://tinyurl.com/yr667d), an organization representing around 30 major international corporations (http://tinyurl.com/27m54k). Continued … |
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Comment 17: Accusation that IPCC’s conclusions are politically driven]
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