Ryan

Should IPCC scientists be subject to the same level of scrutiny as, say, a Bush administration scientist? - Ryan

"As a scientist, I strive for independence from vested interests. I am in the pocket of neither Exxon nor Greenpeace, and for this I come under fire from both sides—the skeptics and the alarmists—who have fiercely opposing views but are otherwise siblings in their methods and contempt." - Ryan from Bookmarklet

What also becomes clear is that no amount of dramatization will galvanise governments into action. We have seen a complete failure of efforts to convey an impending ‘climate catastrophe’ in order to make politicians forget their bargaining positions. International negotiations are about the assertion of national sovereignty and national interests. Climate change negotiations are far removed form any kind of scientific assessment. And no amount of scientific certainty would have changed the situation in Copenhagen profoundly. How could people believe that dramatic prophesies would sway leaders of government? - Ryan

That Tuvalu has the same power as China to shape global climate negotiations is a pretty good sign that whatever else happens in Copenhagen, the UNFCCC is unlikely to have much impact on the future of climate. - Ryan

The concluding sequence of this much-hyped summit has left many observers and national delegations stunned. Ministers and officials and scientists and campaigners and lobbyists who have dedicated huge swathes of the last year to making a tough deal happen watched aghast as Chinese and US leaders and their entourages flew in, took over the agenda and emerged with what was basically their own private deal, with leaders announcing it live on television before others realised it had happened. - Ryan

Do you have a specific order that clippings go up in (i.e. top to bottom) or is it more of an aesthetic choice or something else? - sara

aside from things gradually moving left to right there's no particular order. Sometimes I go for ironic juxtaposition, but not always. - Ryan