I was talking yesterday about a non-climate beating journalist talking about undeniable scientific integrity in climate science, and he asked a question about the climate science community that caught my attention [emphasis, links added]:
“Don't no one cares? Shouldn't scientists care about such things?”
The mistakes in scientific integrity in climate science have been normalized.
I no longer expect the community to care about obvious and serious problems in climate science, even if it is documented in peer-reviewed literature.
Community intentional blindness has a long time to develop muscle memory – 15 years ago, I documented how the IPCC forged a chart about disasters and climate change, inserted it into an IPCC assessment, and then lied when called.
No one cares that either.
Several weeks of Sveriges Radio (Swedish Public Radio) released an outstanding survey in English to address the multiple exaggerations and falsehoods of climate change advocated by the United Nations. Props to investigate Swedish journalists Ola Sandstig and Sveriges Radio – they obviously care.
False claims and bad science are unique to discussions about climate, but they should not come from the United Nations, the parent organization of the Intergovernmental Climate Change Group (IPCC), whose job is to refer to things directly as climate science.
The climate science community should be concerned about the UN system distorting climate science because it may affect how IPCC is viewed, fair or unfair.
The Swedish investigation records four false claims filed by the United Nations. Let's look at each one.
1. Sea level rise error message in Samoa
In a situation that can only be described as propaganda, UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Samoa last year and filmed a video in front of an abandoned house, claiming to have been abandoned due to sea levels rising and storms:
“People living in these houses have to move their houses inland due to sea level rise and storms breeding. Sea level rise is accelerating. It's twice as many as in the 90s. If we can't stop what's happening with climate change, then the problems we're seeing in the Samoa region won't stay in Samoa.”
Swedish journalist Ola Sandstig tracked those who gave up their homes in 2009 and found They left their home after the 2009 earthquake and tsunami. no Sea level rises or storms.
Earthquakes and tsunamis have nothing to do with climate change.
The frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones in the western South Pacific (or the entire planet) did not increase. In fact, in 2009, when the houses were abandoned after the tsunami, the area was in a state of tropical cyclone.
Relative sea level rise in Samoa accelerates. But this also has nothing to do with climate change, but increased settlement after the 2009 earthquake.
As we all know, reasons for accelerating relative sea level rise, such as those recorded by Han et al. 2019:
Due to the continuous land settlement after the 2009 earthquake, these islands entered a new era of aggravation (3-6 times faster) (3-6 times faster).
UN Secretary-General Guterres's Samoa Photo OP and press release can only be described as Intentionally misleading.
2. UN amendment – 1.7 million children die from climate change every year
Thanks to the Swedish radio survey, UNICEF Sweden corrects a false claim that 1.7 million children die each year due to climate change.
Swedish Radio explained:
Every year, 1.7 million children under five die due to climate change. UNICEF Sweden has this number on its website since 2019-09-27. The article was deleted after the Swedish version of the fall of 2024. The article now states: “In previous versions of the article, 1.7 million children died from climate change. This is incorrect, and the number refers to environmental factors such as air pollution and dirty water.
What happens with errors is what happens after they are determined. UNICEF Sweden shows how easy it is to correct false claims.
3. A Myth Number – Women and children 14 times more than men due to climate disasters
The 14x number has been around for decades and has been found in the United Nations Organization. Swedish Radio explained:
Women and children are 14 times more likely to die in disasters/women die than men. These figures appear on the following institutions/websites: United Nations Home Page, United Nations Women, UNDP, UNDR, UNESCO, United Nations, United Nations, FAO, IUCN.
The claim is wrong, and others have pointed it out. In 2014, Henrik Urdal of the Oslo Peace Institute asked about the false claim: “Is it acceptable to lie for legitimate reasons?”.
He explains where the false numbers come from (ironically, the University of Colorado Boulder):
Claiming that women and children are 14 times more likely to die in disaster is a classic example of the “mythical number”. It takes less than five minutes to find and cross-check the source. Save the Kids cites a report released by Program International in 2013.
Save the Children and Project refers to an article published in the research journal Nature Hazard Observer in 1997. However, this article proves to be a two-page opinion article written by a pastor related to the Universal Organization of the Church World Service. Pastor Kristina Peterson provided no source to support her claim.
Swedish radio tracks the Reverend Peterson of Peter Anna, who is surprised by her Undocumented claims from 1997 make this tour a scientific fact of 2024.
Ola Sandstig contacted the United Nations for comment and received no response.
4. Too good to be true – The number of weather disasters has doubled since the 1970s.
“The number of weather, climate and water-related disasters has increased by 5 times over the past 50 years.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 2022
The claim that disasters have increased fivefold over the past half century comes from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which distorts the EM-DAT dataset, something familiar to long-term THB readers.
The WMO report that promotes false claims is titled ironically, scientifically unified.
Disasters in the EM-DAT dataset increase results in the 1970s completely Reports on disaster improvements from the 1970s to the 2000s. Since 2000, as shown below, the reported disasters have not increased.
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