I wonder what would not happen if a @UN #science panel would not predict crisis or catastrophe? It would not be news anyway. @IPBES theguardian.com/environment/…
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(A) IPBES is an independent intergovernmental platform - not part of the U.N. (B) if you read the reports instead of just the media you’d see there are no predictions of catastrophe - but options offered to avoid them (C) but why let facts get in the way of a good rant right?
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Still waiting for access to your documentation. But you seem to want media releases done first. Esp interested in assumptions & models behind “Land degradation and climate change are likely to force 50 to 700 million people to migrate by 2050” Not prediction of crisis you say?
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Not sure how much easier we can make this - it's the first item on our feature marquee on the website: ipbes.net/outcomes and yes - no prediction of catastrophe - scientfic scenario modelling complete with policy options to mitigate.
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You refer to “unedited advance summaries” which do not contain any advanced information on how results were obtained. Uneasy. Your media release 1st para states ”undermining the well-being of 40% of humanity” & “mass human migration and increased conflict” Crisis message, no?
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Replying to @pholmgren @UN
(1) To learn about the 25+ phases of the 3-year IPBES assessment process click here: goo.gl/L7J8pG - the SPMs are the 20-30 page summaries of 500-600 page reports which will be released in full later this year

Apr 4, 2018 · 6:49 PM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @UN
Thank you for confirming that @IPBES has indefinitely not made these reports available to the public. (While ensuring headline news based on media releases and draft summaries) I look forward to access the reports and study assumptions and models applied in your assessment.