{"id":362146,"date":"2025-01-15T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362146"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:01:15","slug":"bbc-try-to-wriggle-out-of-extreme-weather-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362146","title":{"rendered":"BBC Try to Wriggle Out of Extreme Weather\u00a0Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ckg8dg3ke40o<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You will recall this BBC article last month, which claimed in the opening paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change has brought record-breaking heat this year, and with it extreme weather, from hurricanes to month-long droughts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report then went on to list a series of bad weather events but failed to provide any evidence that these were anything other than natural events which happen all the time. Nor any evidence that such events have been getting more frequent or extreme over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I submitted a complaint, and have just received this response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the body of the article, Esme Stallard, BBC\u2019s climate and science reporter, cites the findings of the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group who\u2019s new research shows that people around the world experienced an additional 41 days of dangerous heat due to climate change.
Overall, as highlighted in the headline, the article reviews a year of extreme weather that impacted billions, contextualizing the listed events where climate change is not specifically mentioned.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In short, they have tried to wriggle out by claiming that they never said the events were linked to climate change!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is of course contradicted by that opening paragraph, which said climate change had brought extreme weather, including hurricanes and droughts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have now resubmitted my complaint to Stage 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is obviously significant that they are struggling to find any evidence to back up their claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The report then went on to list a series of bad weather events but failed to provide any evidence that these were anything other than natural events which happen all the time. 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