Pielke Sr.: ‘The next IPCC report will not be a balanced assessment, but continue to be policy advocacy in the guise of a scientific framework’
'There is a symbiotic relationship among funding agencies, principal investigators, national and international assessment committees, and the leadership of professional organizations to continue the huge amounts of research funding. The results of this funding is often headlined to the media in press releases, so as to influence political decisions regarding a wide range of social and environmental issues, including energy'