The author (under properties) of the CV is Geoffrey Boulton (unsurprisingly).

The FAQ wagging finger should be in Geoffrey’s direction for the IPCC association. You would think that as Geoffrey was putting together the “team’s” remit he would have striven for consistency with his own CV. Clearly he was being economical with the truth, even with himself.

Stand by for the comment that Geoffrey’s IPCC contributions were informal.

Any experts who can tell me?

Or is this word-play, a ‘contribution’ is different to a ‘submission’?

I’ve asked this question of the pr person:

“For clarity, can you confirm that he has not contributed to the IPCC (ie that a ‘submission’ is equivalent to a ‘contribution’?) That his reference to himself as a contributor is therefore to quite different Intergovernmental Panels, none of which is the IPCC?”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6950783.ece

Statement from the UK science community

We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities. The evidence and the science are deep and extensive. They come from decades of painstaking and meticulous research, by many thousands of scientists across the world who adhere to the highest levels of professional integrity. That research has been subject to peer review and publication, providing traceability of the evidence and support for the scientific method. The science of climate change draws on fundamental research from an increasing number of disciplines, many of which are represented here. As professional scientists, from students to senior professors, we uphold the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which concludes that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations”.

Then follows a list of those who sign on to this statement.

Do “Ctrl F”, to find Boulton, and there he is “Prof Geoffrey Boulton, Edinburgh University. It is a pretty bold statement that he has signed on to. This must kick him into touch susrely?

This is the petition that the Met Office cobbled-up last December with Prof Julia Slingo, Met Office at the top of the pile and heroine Dr Vicky Pope lower down the list.

This statement was on the Met Office website in December but I can not find it there now – anybody else looked there recently?

I hope nobody has done this already!

There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason.”
Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Flying Inn

I sent them an email about it.