{"id":335753,"date":"2024-07-06T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335753"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:21:56","slug":"un-chief-wins-junk-science-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335753","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Wins Junk Science\u00a0Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"452\" data-attachment-id=\"335755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335755\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?fit=1600%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0ipcc-craziness-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?fit=723%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=723%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?resize=1200%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ipcc-craziness-1.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/07\/05\/un-chief-wins-junk-science-award\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Financial Post\u2019s Junk Science Week, Terence Corcoran highlights the hysterical alarmist statements by the UN chief promoting IPCC agenda, the article being&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/money\/topstories\/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-the-un-emperor-has-no-science\/ar-BB1oQQJ8\"><strong>The UN emperor has no science.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.H\/T John Ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Guterres Mangles Metaphors To Pitch Extreme Climate Alarmism<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"335756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335756\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?fit=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-128\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UN secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the media during a visit to the UN office in Nairobi, Kenya, May 3, 2023. \u00a9 Provided by Financial Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>History will record that the<strong>\u00a0United Nations<\/strong>\u00a0has established itself as\u00a0<strong>the greatest organizational perpetrator of junk science in modern times, if not of all time,<\/strong>\u00a0with current UN Secretary-General\u00a0<strong>Antonio Guterres<\/strong>\u00a0destined to be singled out for his personal\u00a0<strong>contribution to the distorted UN climate alarmism.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"565\" data-attachment-id=\"335758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335758\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-129.png?fit=307%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"307,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-129\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-129.png?fit=307%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-129.png?resize=307%2C565&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-129.png?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-129.png?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Since his appointment in 2019, Guterres and the UN have lived up to our<strong>&nbsp;standard formal definition of junk science.<\/strong>&nbsp;It occurs when:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>scientific facts are distorted,<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>risk is exaggerated (or underplayed), and<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cthe science\u201d adapted and warped by politics and ideology to serve another agenda.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That definition encompasses a<strong>&nbsp;wide range of<\/strong>&nbsp;activities among&nbsp;<strong>scientists, NGOs, politicians, journalists, media outlets, cranks and quacks<\/strong>&nbsp;who manipulate science for political, environmental, economic and social purposes. It also nicely&nbsp;captures the<strong>&nbsp;entire United Nations\u2019 climate crusade<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>and<\/strong>&nbsp;the work of its institutional creation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&nbsp;<strong>(IPCC)<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"349\" data-attachment-id=\"335760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335760\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-131.png?fit=475%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"475,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-131\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-131.png?fit=475%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-131.png?resize=475%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-131.png?w=475&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-131.png?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>But no single official can top Guterres as a purveyor of IPCC hype and doom,<\/strong>&nbsp;a living embodiment of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/idioms.thefreedictionary.com\/the+emperor+has+no+clothes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fabled<\/a>&nbsp;emperor&nbsp;<strong>who believes he is fully, stylishly dressed but in fact has no clothes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"335762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335762\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?fit=675%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"675,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-132\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?fit=675%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=675%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-132.png?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Our Sinking Planet \u2013 Antonio Guterres is a photograph by Photograph by Christopher Gregory for TIME which was uploaded on July 21st, 2020.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Guterres, a former Socialist Party prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002) and president of the Socialist International (1999-2005), was in<strong>\u00a0typically ridiculous form on June 5th<\/strong>\u00a0when he\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/speeches\/2024-06-05\/secretary-generals-special-address-climate-action-moment-of-truth%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered a speech<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, at an event billed as \u201cA Moment of Truth\u201d and a \u201cspecial address on climate action.\u201d<strong>\u00a0Guterres talked about a planet on a \u201chighway to climate hell,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/11\/1130247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rehashing<\/a>\u00a0a line he used in 2022 in Egypt at the COP27 climate conference: \u201cWe are on a highway to climate hell\u00a0<strong>with our foot still on the accelerator.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"335764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335764\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-133\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?resize=350%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-133.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Guterres also has no qualms about\u00a0<strong>mixing and mangling metaphors.<\/strong>\u00a0He simultaneously told the Manhattan audience that humans are \u201clike the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we\u2019re having an outsized impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs.\u00a0<strong>We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"563\" data-attachment-id=\"335765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335765\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?fit=420%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-134\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?fit=420%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?resize=420%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-134.png?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The longer Guterres rambles on,&nbsp;<strong>the more confusing, contradictory and senseless the metaphors become:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe are playing&nbsp;<strong>Russian roulette<\/strong>&nbsp;with our planet.&nbsp; We&nbsp;<strong>need an exit ramp<\/strong>&nbsp;off the highway to climate hell. And the truth is \u2026&nbsp;<strong>we have control of the wheel.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Other&nbsp;<strong>Guterres\u2019 climate spins<\/strong>&nbsp;include:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cHumanity has opened the gates of hell\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and \u201cbecome a&nbsp;<strong>weapon of mass extinction.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;And: \u201cWe must go into<strong>&nbsp;emergency mode and put out this five-alarm fire.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"408\" data-attachment-id=\"335766\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335766\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?fit=1276%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1276,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-135\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?fit=723%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?resize=723%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?resize=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?resize=1200%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-135.png?w=1276&amp;ssl=1 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Is Guterres describing reality \u2014 or the content of a new AI computer game<\/strong>&nbsp;in which some crazed teenaged human monster drives a flaming meteor through the ozone layer, knocking off dinosaurs before crashing onto a highway and plowing into a Russian Museum of Political Roulette just outside the Gates of Hell?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As UN Secretary-General,&nbsp;<strong>Guterres sits atop a hierarchy of agencies such as the IPCC climate science megaplex,<\/strong>&nbsp;which was&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">created<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;in 1988 by<\/strong>&nbsp;two other UN agencies, the World Meteorological Organization&nbsp;<strong>(WMO)<\/strong>&nbsp;and the United Nations Environment Program&nbsp;<strong>(UNEP)<\/strong>. UNEP was cobbled together in 1972 as the&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Environment_Programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brainchild of&nbsp;Maurice Strong<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>, the late Canadian global environmental schemer, who famously mused about a fictional environmental crisis that leads a group of global insiders to decide<strong>&nbsp;the only hope for the planet is \u201cthat the industrialized civilizations collapse.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;The current \u201cde-growth\u201d movement is a version of deindustrialization that reflects Guterres\u2019 off-ramp from the highway to hell. In fact, the word<strong>&nbsp;\u201cde-growth\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mronline.org\/2022\/04\/27\/how-the-corporate-interests-and-political-elites-watered-down-the-worlds-most-important-climate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;28 times in the IPCC\u2019s sixth and latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/assessment-report\/ar6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assessment Report<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With these UN agencies as his guide,<strong>&nbsp;Guterres\u2019 verbal jumble of science statements is no better than his mixed metaphors<\/strong>. His abuse of climate and environmental facts has often been commented upon, including in a YouTube video titled \u201cWho is Antonio Guterres?,\u201d posted earlier this year by Ottawa journalist John Robson on his Climate Discussion Nexus site.&nbsp;<strong>Robson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatediscussionnexus.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reviews and highlights<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;some of the garbled inaccuracies and misrepresentations Guterres routinely cranks out.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqjaFX3YxrM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For instance:<strong>\u00a0\u201cClimate-related natural disasters are becoming more frequent, more deadly, more destructive<\/strong>\u00a0with growing human and financial cost.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/natural-disasters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not true<\/a>\u00a0.<\/strong>\u00a0And: \u201cThe number of\u00a0<strong>weather, climate and water-related disasters has increased<\/strong>\u00a0by a factor of five over the past 50 years.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/energynow.com\/2022\/10\/commentary-25-myths-about-extreme-weather-refuted-alex-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Also not true<\/a>\u00a0.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"335769\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335769\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-136.png?fit=602%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-136\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-136.png?fit=602%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-136.png?resize=602%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-136.png?w=602&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-136.png?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When it comes to policies to deal with his fantastic vision of planetary destruction, Guterres aligns with Maurice Strong\u2019s de-growth agenda. In his Manhattan speech, he repeated the<strong>&nbsp;UN call for a \u201cfossil-fuel phase-out\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;since \u201ceconomic logic makes the end of the fossil fuel age inevitable.\u201d He urged financial institutions to&nbsp;<strong>\u201cstop bankrolling\u201d fossil fuel industries.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet,\u201d he told bankers, \u201cthey\u2019re toxic for your brand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The planet would be much better off if national governments stopped bankrolling Guterres and the United Nations and their constant poisoning of our science, economics and politics.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"716\" data-attachment-id=\"335770\" 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