Climate scientists are now expected to become ‘forceful advocates for practical solutions’, says one commenter on the appointment. As usual, no mention of natural climate variation in media alarmist circles.
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British professor Jim Skea was elected to lead the UN’s climate expert panel Wednesday, taking the helm of the organization charged with distilling the best science to inform global policy in a critical decade for humans and the planet, reports Phys.org.
Skea, a Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London who co-chaired the report on curbing planet-heating emissions in the latest round of assessments, was elected chair at a meeting of the 195-nation organization in Nairobi.
“Climate change is an existential threat to our planet,” he told delegates.
With impacts already sweeping the planet—from devastating floods to blistering heatwaves [Talkshop comment – the usual scaremongering] — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plays a key role in the growing scientific knowledge on climate change.
Skea, 69, takes on the role as the world is already a third of the way through a crucial decade for climate action, which will set the course of warming and impacts that will ripple out for decades or even centuries.
He will oversee hundreds of experts—who work on a voluntary basis—and be charged with ensuring the smooth functioning of the institution.
Last year, the IPCC’s key final report—synthesizing a host of major assessments since 2018—was postponed for “operational reasons”, meaning it was not ready before crucial UN climate negotiations in November.
That document, dubbed a “survival guide” for the world, was finally released in March this year.
It said the world will cross the key Paris Agreement goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius warming since pre-industrial times in the early 2030s and urged dramatic reductions in planet-heating emissions.
‘Forceful advocates’
Skea, who has nearly forty years of climate science experience, outlined the main priorities for his tenure as improving inclusiveness and diversity, protecting the IPCC’s integrity and policy relevance and making sure it has the best available science to work with.
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“The role of scientists in this global crisis now surpasses the conventional confines of research and analysis,” said Tasneem Essop, of campaign group Climate Action Network International.
“They are being called upon to serve as forceful advocates for practical solutions, actively championing measures based on equity and justice that will effectively tackle the escalating climate change crisis.”
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