A thread by Dr. Roger Pielke Jr on X (formerly Twitter)
Fifth US National Climate Assessment is out
Includes this to justify reliance of RCP8.5:"The scenarios do not have relative likelihoods assigned and are all plausible futures"
This is simply false
— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) November 14, 2023








Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.: “The NCA carefully cherrypicks peer-reviewed climate research to construct a political narrative There’s an entire alternate universe of research that’s ignored Everyone with expertise in climate research can see how obvious this is & even those without expertise can easily see.” …
“The Fifth US National Climate Assessment is out Includes this to justify reliance of RCP8.5: ‘The scenarios do not have relative likelihoods assigned and are all plausible futures.’ This is simply false.”
https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1725688112020406681
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