The Science of Climate Change

Chapter 11Conclusions

11.1 Concluding Remarks

We promised in the introduction, this book will have conclusions that are unlike any of the ones made before. Before, we show major conclusions under each of the chapters, it is important to recall the state of the art of climate change research. It will help the readership to understand the hopelessness of the current thrust both from the 97% left and 3% right. Table 11.1 shows major conclusions, compiled from Parry et al. (2007) and other IPCC publications. Comments are added in order to familiarize the readership with the conclusions of this book. The conclusions of Table 11 have been supported by the 97% consensus group through numerous research projects and voluminous annals of publications.

Table 11.1 Major conclusions from the ‘97% consensus’ camp.

Major conclusions of IPCC	Comment
89% of 29,000 environment data series support global warming	Most data are terrestrial, concentrated on Europe and North America.
Global warming led to greatest reduction in ice extent that occurred in the Arctic, but some of the most obvious has been in tropical mountain environments such as on Mt Kilimanjaro.	Conclusion invalid unless global warming is the first premise.
The oceans have become increasingly acidic with an average pH reduction of 0.1.	Has no scientific validity whatsoever
The most vulnerable systems and sectors are: Some ecosystems, especially tundra, boreal forest, mountain, Mediterranean-type ecosystems, mangroves ...