Political Corruption of the IPCC Report?
Changes in the Final Text of the "Summary for Policy Makers"
Prior to publication, the final version of the
Summary for Policy Makers of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (Work Group 1: The Physical
Science Basis) was consensually agreed line by line by governmental
agents. Applying the tools of "Redactionsgeschichte", the substantive editorial changes established in this
process throw light on the directions in which political and economic interests
have influenced the presented scientific material. Attention has been paid specifically to those alterations that
change the emphasis or meaning of the text, while minor re-ordering, textual transposition
and polish for meaning and clarity, have been ignored. Links are then made between the direction of
governmental editorial bias and the lacunae or omissions in the content as a
whole. The study concludes with an
exploration of the "primary task" of the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate
Change. [2007]
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