78 IPCC "scientists" also WWF activists

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78 Names

October 1, 2011

In a sensible universe, the list that appears below would be sufficient to vaporize the credibility of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – now and forever, once and for all.

Beginning in 2004 (around the time that work was beginning on the 2007 Climate Bible) the activist World Wildlife Fund (WWF) systematically began recruiting IPCC scientists. By late 2008 it says it had persuaded 130 “leading climate scientists mostly, but not exclusively from” the IPCC to join its parallel initiative called the Climate Witness Scientific Advisory Panel.

The scientists whose names appear below have not only been examining one of the world’s most important questions for the IPCC. They have a documented, public relationship with professional lobbyists who have a strong interest in influencing this matter. (For readers who are just tuning in, the WWF believes it is “nearly impossible to overstate” the threat posed by climate change – see here, backup link here.)

The people on the list below either played some role in the 2007 Climate Bible or are helping to write the next IPCC report which is expected to be completed in 2013. In many cases, they’re doing dual duty.

On this list are 23 coordinating lead authors – those the IPCC placed in charge of an entire chapter. The list also includes Osvaldo Canziani. Having served as Working Group 2 co-chair for both the 2001 and 2007 reports, he is one of the IPCC’s most senior officials.
Abdelkader Allali - a 2007 review editor who wore four other hats for the 2007 report

Oleg Anisimov – a 2007 coordinating lead author who helped with two summary documents and is now serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 18)

Peter Ambenje – a Working Group 1 contributor to the 2007 report

Vincenzo Artale – a 2007 lead author

Rizaldi Boer - a 2007 lead author

Jim Bruce - a 2007 expert reviewer

Osvaldo Canziani - a co-chair of Working Group 2 for the 2001 report, in addition to being a co-chair of Working Group 2 for the 2007 report

Ulisses Confalonieri – a coordinating lead author of the 2007 health chapter who is currently serving as a review editor (see p. 12)

Declan Conway – a 2007 expert reviewer

Sophie des Clers - a contributing author to two chapters of the 2007 report

Mike Demuth – a 2007 contributing author

Ghislain Dubois - a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer

Paul Epstein – an expert reviewer for Working Group 2 as well as the
Synthesis Report of the 2007 Climate Bible

Lin Erda - a 2007 lead author who is now a coordinating lead author (see p. 17)

Philip Fearnside – a 2007 review editor and expert reviewer

Andreas Fischlin - a coordinating lead author who helped write two summaries and served as an expert reviewer for the 2007 report. He is now a review editor (see page 9)

Chris Furgal – a 2007 lead author

Carlos Gay García - a 2007 coordinating lead author who is currently serving as a lead author (see p. 18)

Christos Giannakopoulos - a 2007 lead author

Brij Gopal - a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

Antoine Guisan - a contributing author to two chapters of the 2007 report

Ren Guoyu - a 2007 expert reviewer of both the Working Group 1 report and the Synthesis Report

Hideo Harasawa - wore four hats for the 2007 report including coordinating lead author of the chapter in which the Himalayan glacier mistake occurred

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg - a 2007 contributing author now serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 19)

Lesley Hughes - a lead author, a contributing author and an expert reviewer for the 2007 report. She is once again serving as a lead author (see p. 17)

Saleemul Huq - a coordinating lead author who acted in four other capacities with regard to the 2007 report, and is again a coordinating lead author (see p.14)

Erik Jeppesen - a 2007 contributing author

Roger Jones - a coordinating lead author for the 2007 report who is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 8)

David Karoly - a lead author who wore five other hats for the 2007 report and is currently serving as a review editor (see p. 17)

Manmohan Kapshe - a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

Gavin Kenny - a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer

Christian Körner - a 2007 contributing author

Paul Kovacs - a 2007 lead author who is serving once again as a lead author (see p. 18)

K. Krishna Kumar - currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 7)

Zbigniew Kundzewicz – a 2007 coordinating lead author who wore an additional three hats

Murari Lal – wore four hats for the 2007 report, including serving as coordinating lead author of the chapter in which the Himalayan glacier mistake occurred

Rodel Lasco – a coordinating lead author who also helped write two summary documents for the 2007 report and is now a lead author (see page 17)

Rik Leemans - a 2007 lead author who is now serving as a review editor (see p. 15)

Michael MacCracken – served as a 2007 contributing author, review editor and as an expert reviewer in three different capacities for the 2007 report (see here, here, and here) – which makes five hats in total

Dena P. MacMynowski – a 2007 contributing author for two chapters and as well as an expert reviewer

José Marengo - a 2007 lead author who is currently a review editor (see p. 1)

Eric Martin - a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer who is serving once again as a lead author (see p. 17)

Mahmoud Medany – a 2007 coordinating lead author and lead author

Claudio Guillermo Menéndez – who served as a lead author for the 2007 report

Annette Menzel – a 2007 lead author

Guy Midgley – a 2007 coordinating lead author who helped write two summary documents and is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 14)

Charles Kenneth Minns - a 2007 contributing author

Monirul Qader Mirza – a 2007 coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report and is now serving as a lead author (see p. 8)

Alison Misselhorn – a 2007 contributing author

Ana Rosa Moreno – a 2007 lead author and currently a review editor (see p. 18)

Mark New - a lead author for the 2007 report

Shuzo Nishioka - a 2007 review editor

Carlos Nobre - a 2007 lead author and currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 18)

Patrick Nunn – currently a lead author (see p. 7)

Leonard Nurse - a coordinating lead author who wore five other hats for the 2007 report and is once again a coordinating lead author (see p.19)

Mark Nuttal – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer
Anthony Nyong - a coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report

Govind Ballabh Pant – a 2007 review editor

Barrie Pittock - a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

Batimaa Punsalmaa – a lead author for two chapters of the 2007 report (here and here)

N.H. Ravindranath – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer who is again serving as a lead author (see p. 25)

George Rose - a 2007 lead author

Joyashree Roy – a coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report and is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 24)

Victor Magaña Rueda - a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

Stephen Schneider – a 2007 coodinating lead author who wore four other hats, as well. Prior to his death in 2010 he was again appointed a coordinating lead author (see p.15)

Mohamed Senouci – a 2007 review editor

Anond Snidvongs – a 2007 expert reviewer who is now a lead author (see page 9)

Daithi Stone - wore seven hats for the 2007 Climate Bible, including lead author and expert reviewer for the Synthesis Report – and is once again a lead author (see p. 15). In publications he is often identified as D.A. Stone.

John Sweeney - a 2007 review editor, contributing author, and expert reviewer for Working Group 1 and 2

Piotr Tryjanowski – a 2007 lead author

John Turner – a 2007 expert reviewer

Riccardo Valentini - currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 17)

Jef Vandenberghe – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

Richard Washington - a 2007 contributing author

Poh Poh Wong - a coordinating lead author who served in three additional capacities for the 2007 report and is once again a coordinating lead author (see p. 9)

Gary Yohe - a coordinating lead author who served in four other capacities for the 2007 report. He is now serving once again as a coordinating lead author (see p. 8)

Zong-Ci Zhao – a 2007 lead author currently serving as a review editor (see p. 5)

Gina Ziervogel - a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer


I took two snapshots of this WWF Scientific Advisory Panel webpage. The first was back in July 2010. The second was a few weeks ago.
The only apparent difference between them is the absence of Stephen Schneider‘s name from the second (he died in 2010).



Courtesy of Donna Laframboise
nofrakkingconsensus.com/2011/10/01/78-names/

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Lubos Motl says

... the 2010 revenues of this huge organization (WWF) selling fear and bigotry were €525 million: compare it with your income (and even with the income of your municipal gas company).

Just imagine a hypothetical situation in which 78 authors of the IPCC would be found on a scientific advisory list of an oil company and 23 of them would be the bosses of an IPCC chapter. The left-wing activists and politically correct media would be screaming. But when the exactly opposite thing occurs, some people think it's just fine.

Well, it's not fine. Sensible people know that if there were no other reason, this "clash of interests" would be enough for a certainty that the IPCC has absolutely no credibility left. Billions of dollars that the WWF earns is totally dependent on the influence of their claims about environmental problems. No problems means no revenue. Everyone who associates himself with such a prejudiced organization simply can't be expected to produce impartial observations – or impartial judgement on the scientific research that should be done and incorporated to the IPCC reports.