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Andy @Revkin's avatar

A valuable close read and critique Roger. I'm going to be add a link to this from my story here: https://revkin.bulletin.com/un-climate-panel-says-nations-must-boost-resilience-even-as-they-cut-heating-gases The spin and rcp8.5 focus are bad but that blatant error you point out is really troubling too.

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Randy Ingersoll's avatar

The damage being done is not only the obvious misuse of "research" reporting conclusions that reflect its misuse; it also is the loss of trust in science that mirrors the lack of trust with science in the pandemic. If one misrepresents a part, the whole has to be questioned. Add to this your fine work describing political policy, grant money control, and activism, results in laymen like myself developing a strong distrust in opinions from those that have livelihoods directly related to a desired result wanted by a group of political activist controlling the purse strings keeping their research alive.

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