Pielke Jr. –A Takeover of the IPCC
6 hours ago Charles Rotter
Charles Rotter
Roger Pielke Jr.’s “A Takeover of the IPCC” offers a timely post-mortem on what’s left of scientific rigor in the world’s most influential climate assessment body, of which Pielke Jr. has long been a supporter. The article chronicles not just a change in personnel at the IPCC, but a seismic shift in methodology and purpose—a transformation best described as a hostile takeover by advocates of “Extreme Event Attribution” (EEA). The implications for public policy, scientific integrity, and even the basic credibility of climate science are staggering, and long overdue for public scrutiny.
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/a-takeover-of-the-ipccPielke is unambiguous from the opening lines:
“The IPCC’s longstanding framework for detection and attribution looks DOA in AR7”.
The gravestone image—marking the death of the IPCC’s “Detection and Attribution Framework, 1988–2025”—sets the tone. What we are witnessing is the burial, not of a bureaucratic process, but of one of the last vestiges of disciplined scientific skepticism inside the IPCC.
He explains,
“The author list for its Chapter 3—Changes in regional climate and extremes, and their causes—suggests strongly that the IPCC will be shifting from its longstanding focus on detection and attribution (D&A) of extreme events to a focus on ‘extreme event attribution’ (EEA)”.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/23/pielke-jr-a-takeover-of-the-ipcc/
