Policy-Makers

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One of the remarkable claims in the AR4 Summary for Policy-Makers was that they provided the first “ assessed likely range to be given for climate sensitivity”, which they reported as follows:

The "First" Assessed Likely Range for Climate Sensitivity « Climate Audit 2007

On February 2, 2007, they are releasing the Summary for Policy-Makers, with the actual release of the 4AR Fourth Assessment Report not coming until a few months in May 2007.

IPCC Schedule: WG1 Report Available Only to Insiders Until May 2007 « Climate Audit 2007

So the purpose of the three-month delay between the publication of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the release of the actual WG1 is to enable them to make any necessary adjustments to the technical report to match the policy summary.

IPCC Schedule: WG1 Report Available Only to Insiders Until May 2007 « Climate Audit 2007

The Fourth Assessment Report should be released online on Feb 2, 2007 concurrently with the Summary for Policy-Makers.

IPCC Schedule: WG1 Report Available Only to Insiders Until May 2007 « Climate Audit 2007

So the purpose of the three-month delay between the publication of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the release of the actual WG1 is to enable them to make any “necessary” adjustments to the technical report to match the policy summary.

Fixing the Facts to the Policy « Climate Audit 2007

As noted in a prior post, only IPCC insiders have access to the WG1 Report between the Feb 2, 2007 release of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the scheduled publication of the WG1 Report in May 2007.

2007 January « Climate Audit 2007

On February 2, 2007, they are releasing the Summary for Policy-Makers to great fanfare.

IPCC Schedule: WG1 Report Available Only to Insiders Until May 2007 « Climate Audit 2007

As noted in a prior post, only IPCC insiders have access to the WG1 Report between the Feb 2, 2007 release of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the scheduled publication of the WG1 Report in May 2007.

Fixing the Facts to the Policy « Climate Audit 2007

So the purpose of the three-month delay between the publication of the Summary for Policy-Makers and the release of the actual WG1 is to enable them to make any “necessary” adjustments to the technical report to match the policy summary.

IPCC Schedule: WG1 Report Available Only to Insiders Until May 2007 « Climate Audit 2007