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I know this will just haul in the downvotes, but I just want to point out the EVERY IPCC report, EVER, has been dead wrong. Every single one of them.

• clydethefrog 5y ago
  You are right, but your premise is probably different. They were indeed wrong. They were too conservative. Some historical perspective: 1990: 1st Assessment Little observational evidence for a detectable human influence on climate 1995: 2nd Assessment The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate 2000: 3rd Assessment Most of the observed warming over the last fifty years is likely* to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations * > 66% chance 2007: 4th Assessment Most of the observed increase in global average temeratures since the mid-20th century is very likely* to to the observed increase in anthopogenic greenhouse concentrations * > 90% chance 2016 It is extremely likely** that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. ** > 95% chance 2021: It is indisputable that human activities are causing climate change, making extreme climate events, including heat waves, heavy rainfall, and droughts, more frequent and severe.
  • flat-bird 5y ago
    > extreme climate events, including heat waves, heavy rainfall, and droughts, more frequent and severe None of that is true. Not more frequent, not more severe. Not hurricanes, either, nor floods. Nor is loss of life due to any of those things increasing.