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Will we see shorter, more focused IPCC reports from now on? The short answer is no [Stoat]
…says carbonbrief. In turn, I think that’s based on IPCC PRESS RELEASE / 27 February 2015 / IPCC takes decisions on future work. The very second bullet point of that is:
Request the Secretariat and Technical Support Units to command a respectful workplace, emphasizing policies and practices that promote diversity, fairness, collaboration and inclusiveness.
Mmmm… I wonder where that has come from? Most of the rest is meh. The encouraging the Third World stuff is dodgy; that’s what got us the Himalayan stuff in the first place. The two bits that matter are Continue to produce assessment reports every 5 to 7 years (no change: bad) and Parts of an assessment report to be issued within about a year and at most 18 months of each other (stagger WG II and III, good, but probably doesn’t go far enough). In summary, there’s clearly no appetite for any real thinking about the process just minor tinkering, so bad. If you’d rather read a more positive spin, try Sou.
Image courtesy JA via Twitter, I think. Meanwhile, here’s a Ceres Ice Weasel with a woodpecker-shaped fighter craft with lasers and VTOL capability. Dangerous…
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2015/03/04/will-we-see-shorter-more-focused-ipcc-reports-from-now-on-the-short-answer-is-no/
