These scenarios and the assumptions upon which they are based never received the same scrutiny as the technical report. The leaked summary also omitted contextual information needed to evaluate the report's claims. Similarly, discussions about temperature increases do not mention that the full report attributes the bulk of warming since 1860 to non-human climate forces. This summary runs roughshod over those efforts. While masquerading under the cover of international credibility, the summary makes the job of the scientific community more difficult by turning their work into a political football.
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