By Sean Rush & Katharine Moody*The government could be said to be ‘screwing the scrum’ by ignoring the most recent findings of the IPCC, (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and persisting in using extreme climate change projections. So, what advantage is being gained by inflating sea-level rise and other climate change effects to the extent of implausibility? The research communityCentral government has poured plenty of money into research into climate change, for example: here, here, and here. Some would say MFE is going well beyond that into advocacy, supporting these exaggerated positions on climate change. ‘Screwing the scrum’ with the use of unlikely and implausible climate change scenarios (SSP5-8.5 and 8.5H+) needs to be yellow carded.

Source: Stuff May 26, 2023 05:21 UTC