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Twenty-first online page shows teacher introducing scientist who studies storms who describes how summary for policymakers is reviewed once more. Dialogue: Next we’ll be hearing from Dr Tempestas, who studies weather and storms. He’s going to explain how the IPCC handled that little problem of speaking science to power. Well, we wrote a second, shorter report, in language non-scientists could understand, but strictly reflecting the scientific report. Those were called the Summary for Policymakers. We sent the full report and the Summary for Policymakers to all the governments for their review and comments, then did another round of responses.
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Twenty-second online page shows scientist in a small plane over a stormy earth distributing draft reports while IPCC discussions take place below. Dialogue: But it wasn’t over yet. There were these big plenaries - meetings that went on for days, often all night. With both scientists and governments in the room we’d go over the Summary for Policy Makers line-by-line and word-by-word. Boy, there were debates; heated debates. Remember, those governments included countries whose entire economies were based on selling oil, coal and gas; plus countries on small islands that would soon disappear under the waves of the rising oceans. They all really cared. Plus they were conferring with the observer groups who also cared.
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Twenty-third online page shows storm scientist exiting with the glad tidings that an IPCC report represents a uniquely international and scientific consensus. Teacher then introduces an economist to explain that not everyone believed in climate change and how the IPCC handled that. Dialogue: But it was all worth it; the long nights, the heated arguments. For two reasons: first of all, all that debating resulted in better reports. Second, as the governments unanimously approved the final text and accepted the reports, they became government reports, not reports from the scientists. Each time we did them, the IPCC reports became a uniquely international and unequivocal consensus on human knowledge about climate change, it’s effects and ways to avoid the worst of those effects. Ah, it’s right there in the name, isn’t it? The InterGOVERNMENTAL Panel on Climate Change. Thank you, Doctor! ….On that note… Strange as it might seem today, not everyone agreed that the climate was changing, or that humans were responsible for the change. What? No way! Yes way. Let me introduce Professor Pecunia to explain how the IPCC handled that You’re an economist, right? What’s an economist doing involved with the IPCC?
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