Obviously, not every scientist will always agree with assessments made by
the IPCC author teams.
IPCC author teams include a mix of authors from different regions.
Not exact matches
He has served on the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation and was a lead
author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (
IPCC)
team.
A Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Schimel served as a 1994 - 95 Convening Lead
Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report and he was on the
team that received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for the
IPCC Report.
Debra Roberts, Working Group II Co-Chair added: «As an
IPCC Special Report focused on two Earth systems which together cover the majority of the planet's surface and which affect the majority of the global population, a diverse and skilled
author team is critical in ensuring a report of the highest policy relevance.»
There should be no campaigners or anyone else with a vested interest on the «lead
author»
team for any
IPCC publication — ever.»
As for lead
authors reviewing / citing their own work... the
IPCC's got it covered in their package of «reforms» in response to the InterAcademy Council review: The task group on Conflict of Interest took a leaf from the Muir Russell report and tapped into the «
team - work» side - step.
J. Curry: «Clouds are the source of massive discomfort... this issue will have its own chapter in the
IPCC AR5 report (with a good
team of lead
authors), so hopefully we will get illumination on the subject, if not a «fix»»
But it is surprising that neither the
IPCC writing
team nor the paper
author realised that the Gregory 02 sensitivity PDF embodied an approximately uniform prior in Y, not in S.
It is our hope that this collection of opinions, informed by a range of perspectives and experiences within and from outside the
IPCC, will be of some help as
author teams begin their work on the AR5 in earnest.
However, the
IPCC's
author team did engage in a lively interchanges about the quality and overall consistency of all of the papers as the chapter was drafted and revised in the course of review.
The Bureaus of the three
IPCC Working Groups will then select the
author teams from the lists of nominations.
In one particularly outrageous and error - filled passage, McKitrick accuses
IPCC AR4 co-ordinating lead
authors Phil Jones and Kevin Trenberth of selecting their
team of contributing
authors solely on the basis of whether they agree with the pair's scientific views.
The study's
authors, a
team made up of David Legates with Dr. Willie Soon, Dr. William M. Briggs, and Christopher Monckton, stated that they agreed with the
IPCC's findings of a warming earth.
I would like to emphasize that the whole process of preparation of
IPCC Reports is characterized by discussion which takes place within and across
author teams and a rigorous process of review which serves the purpose of incorporating diverse points of view at various stages of drafting of the report.»
Dr. Michiel Schaeffer, Director / Senior Scientist Co-founder of Climate Analytics and head of our science
team, bio-physicist with a PhD in dynamic meteorology, specialising in the interactions between atmosphere, ocean, eco-systems and society,
author of the
IPCC AR5 and the World Bank Turn Down the Heat reports.
Climate Analytics: a multidisciplinary and culturally diverse
team composed of experts in climate science and impacts, including
authors of the
IPCC, experts in climate finance, adaptation, climate negotiation, mitigation policies and climate policy analysis.
He has been a Coordinating Lead
Author of the scientific assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (
IPCC) and was most recently a member of the
team leading the 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment.
However, what is at stake is the work process of the
IPCC, in particular how the
author teams finalize their reports and the Summary for Policymakers, a rather political haggling.
Lets see what Michael Mann, lead
Author for IPCC, member of the Team, author of many paleoclimate articles,
Author for
IPCC, member of the
Team,
author of many paleoclimate articles,
author of many paleoclimate articles, says:
In fact, the WGI report is built upon a process which, as revealed by the Climategate emails, is, by its very nature, designed not to produce an accurate view of the state of climate science, but instead to be an «assessment» of the state of climate science — an assessment largely driven by preconceived ideas of the
IPCC design
team and promulgated by various elite chapter
authors.
Those involved in selecting
authors will need to strive for an
author team composition that reflects a balance of expertise and perspectives, such that
IPCC products are comprehensive, objective, and neutral with respect to policy.
Jones and the
Team have used their offices as reviewers to quash criticism from appearing in print e.g. «going to town» as a reviewer on papers that had the temerity to criticize and, as
IPCC review
authors, to initial suppress and then include only with adverse editorial comment criticisms like McKitrick and Michaels 2004.
The role of Review Editors in the
IPCC assessment process is to assist the Working Group / Task Force Bureaux in identifying reviewers for the expert review process, ensure that all substantive expert and government review comments are afforded appropriate consideration by the
author teams, advise Lead
Authors on how to handle contentious / controversial issues and ensure genuine controversies are reflected adequately in the text of the report.
He takes the position that the
IPCC has procedures on
author selection,
author -
team balance and newly reinvigorated procedures on conflict of interest which, if properly and transparently enforced, don't need further tightening.
He's never been an
IPCC author before either, so his inclusion in the
author team would have been just as innovative.
The procedures address all steps leading to the preparation of
IPCC material starting with the scoping process, nomination process and selection of
authors, preparation of drafts by the writing
teams, the review by experts and governments and finally the approval, adoption and acceptance process in plenary sessions.