Independent Summary For Policymakers (ISPM)

Max Dunn — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:07:00 -0800

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the scientific body that researches climate change for the United Nations (UN) and released their Fourth Assesment Report (AR4) in 2007. There are numerous experts participating in the IPCC, and a lot of good science is contained in these reports.

However, there is a big problem with the summary that is included with the IPCC report – the Summary For Policymakers (SPM). This summary is not written by the scientists themselves but by unnamed bureaucratic delegates from the participating countries. As such, they tend to oversimplify and bias the actual results contained in the full report.

So I found that the Independent Summary For Policymakers to be more balanced and representative of the actual report than the SPM itself. The ISPM was prepared by qualified experts, but who were not themselves IPCC chapter authors. The ISPM was subject to expert review and the reviewer’s responses are tabulated so there is a clear record to the extent that the reviewers agreed or disagreed with the ISPM.

"Independent Summary For Policymakers (ISPM)" by Lester

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:10:35 -0800

It’s sad that there should be much difficulties in settling issues for the environment. Im thinking it should be as easy as just doing what is right, little by little on your own.

Eschew Obfuscation: Independent Summary For Policymakers (ISPM)

Independent Summary For Policymakers (ISPM)

"Independent Summary For Policymakers (ISPM)" by Lester