The IPCC: Structure, Processes and Politics Climate Change — The Failure of Science

William J.R. Alexander
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William J.R. Alexander: Department of Civil and Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Energy & Environment, 2007, vol. 18, issue 7, 1073-1077

Abstract: The IPCC has been in existence for nearly 20 years but its final report is nowhere in sight. The essence of the difficulty is the impossibility of applying process theory to a problem that can only be solved by applying observation theory. Nowhere in the world is process theory used to design systems and structures exposed to climatic extremes. If climate change scientists had applied well-established observation theory instead of abstract process theory, they would have studied the wealth of published climate-related data extending back for more than the past 100 years. They would have observed the unequivocal linkage between variations in solar activity and synchronous climatic responses. The nations of the world would not be in the position where they are debating the necessity for implementing costly, and in all likelihood fruitless, greenhouse gas emissions control measures based on seriously flawed science. These measures must inevitably damage their economies and the reputation of science as an honest profession.

Date: 2007
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