Thanks George.

I wonder what our response should be?  I have argued in the past for a 
direct attack on the sceptics and their funding, but others have replied 
that that would just reopen the debate about whether anthropogenic 
climate change is happening at all, so we should just ignore them.

Chris



George Marshall wrote:

> I noticed this line in your pr from the IPCC
>
> The Fourth Assessment Report last year abolished any remaining 
> scepticism on climate change in the public eye.
>
> Well that's certainly not what MORI says. In the follow up to their 
> Tipping Point Turning Point report
> http://www.ipsos-mori.com/_assets/pdfs/public%20attitudes%20to%20climate%20change%20-%20for%20website%20-%20final.pdf
>
> they report that 60% of people still agree that "Many scientific 
> experts still
> question if humans are contributing to climate change"
>
> and 42% - the majority of respondents - agree that
> I sometimes think climate change might not be as bad as people say
>
> So much for the IPCC resting on their laurels. Denial is as bad as ever
>
> George
>
> CHRIS KEENE wrote:
>
>> http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/statements/application/pdf/ipcc_statement_080831.pdf 
>>
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