Two important documents of concern to anyone interested in global warming issues as presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Fraser Istitute

Re: IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

[1] Independent Summary for Policymakers
([2] Introduction and more on the ISPM, by Ross McKitrick, the coordinator of the writing team for the ISPM)

February 1, 2007

Coordinator: Ross McKitrick, Ph.D.
Writing Team: Joseph D’Aleo, M.Sc., Madhav Khandekar, Ph.D., William Kininmonth, M.Sc., M.Admin., Christopher Essex, Ph.D., Wibjörn Karlén, Ph.D., Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Ian Clark, Ph.D., Tad Murty, Ph.D., and James J. O’Brien, Ph.D.

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Fraser Institute

Studies in Risk and Regulation

[3] Supplementary Analysis of the Independent Summary for Policymakers

Critical Topics in Global Warming

March 2009

Editor: Ross McKitrick, Ph.D.
Authors: Ian Clark, Ph.D., Joseph D’Aleo, M.Sc., Christopher Essex, Ph.D., Craig D. Idso, Ph.D., Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Madhav Khandekar, Ph.D., William Kininmonth, M.Sc., M.Admin., and Richard C. Willson, Ph.D.

Contents

Introduction

Why the “Greenhouse” Metaphor is Misleading
Christopher Essex and William Kininmonth

Solar Changes and the Climate
Joseph D’Aleo, Olavi Kärner, Richard C. Willson, and Ian Clark

Problems with the Global Surface Thermometer Network
Joseph D’Aleo, Madhav Khandekar, and Ross McKitrick

Long-Term Persistence and Nonstationarity in Geophysical Data
Olavi Kärner and Ross McKitrick

Major Climatic Oscillations and Recent Weather Changes
Joseph D’Aleo

Paleoclimatic Indicators of Medieval Climate Change
Craig D. Idso

Fundamental Uncertainties in Climate Modeling
Christopher Essex