‘We own the science, and we think the world should know it’ – UN Under-Secretary for Global Communications, 2022
In this talk I show exactly how the UN’s IPCC shifted the science across six reports.
Full talk + links in the first reply 👇
Which IPCC change surprised you most? pic.twitter.com/2NzqOS5Sjd
— Dr. Ronan Connolly (@1RonanConnolly) May 6, 2026
IPCC’s AR1 (1990) was relatively balanced and readable. But the UN wasn’t happy with its conclusions.
For AR2 (1995) they needed a stronger “smoking gun.”
Dr. Ben Santer’s atmospheric ‘fingerprint’ of human influence was rushed into the Summary for Policymakers — even though… pic.twitter.com/ACnFipKS0B
— Dr. Ronan Connolly (@1RonanConnolly) May 6, 2026
