In a sensible universe, the list that appears below would be sufficient to vaporize the credibility of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – now and forever, once and for all.

Beginning in 2004 (around the time that work was beginning on the 2007 Climate Bible) the activist World Wildlife Fund (WWF) systematically began recruiting IPCC scientists. By late 2008 it says it had persuaded 130 “leading climate scientists mostly, but not exclusively from” the IPCC to join its parallel initiative called the Climate Witness Scientific Advisory Panel.

The scientists whose names appear below have not only been examining one of the world’s most important questions for the IPCC. They have a documented, public relationship with professional lobbyists who have a strong interest in influencing this matter. (For readers who are just tuning in, the WWF believes it is “nearly impossible to overstate” the threat posed by climate change – see here, backup link here.)

The people on the list below either played some role in the 2007 Climate Bible or are helping to write the next IPCC report which is expected to be completed in 2013. In many cases, they’re doing dual duty.

On this list are 23 coordinating lead authors – those the IPCC placed in charge of an entire chapter. The list also includes Osvaldo Canziani. Having served as Working Group 2 co-chair for both the 2001 and 2007 reports, he is one of the IPCC’s most senior officials.

• Abdelkader Allali – a 2007 review editor who wore four other hats for the 2007 report

• Oleg Anisimov – a 2007 coordinating lead author who helped with two summary documents and is now serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 18)

• Peter Ambenje – a Working Group 1 contributor to the 2007 report

• Vincenzo Artale – a 2007 lead author

• Rizaldi Boer – a 2007 lead author

• Jim Bruce – a 2007 expert reviewer

• Osvaldo Canziani – a co-chair of Working Group 2 for the 2001 report, in addition to being a co-chair of Working Group 2 for the 2007 report

• Ulisses Confalonieri – a coordinating lead author of the 2007 health chapter who is currently serving as a review editor (see p. 12)

• Declan Conway – a 2007 expert reviewer

• Sophie des Clers – a contributing author to two chapters of the 2007 report

• Mike Demuth – a 2007 contributing author

• Ghislain Dubois – a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer

• Paul Epstein – an expert reviewer for Working Group 2 as well as the Synthesis Report of the 2007 Climate Bible

• Lin Erda – a 2007 lead author who is now a coordinating lead author (see p. 17)

• Philip Fearnside – a 2007 review editor and expert reviewer

• Andreas Fischlin – a coordinating lead author who helped write two summaries and served as an expert reviewer for the 2007 report. He is now a review editor (see page 9)

• Chris Furgal – a 2007 lead author

• Carlos Gay García – a 2007 coordinating lead author who is currently serving as a lead author (see p. 18)

• Christos Giannakopoulos – a 2007 lead author

• Brij Gopal – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Antoine Guisan – a contributing author to two chapters of the 2007 report

• Ren Guoyu – a 2007 expert reviewer of both the Working Group 1 report and the Synthesis Report

• Hideo Harasawa – wore four hats for the 2007 report including coordinating lead author of the chapter in which the Himalayan glacier mistake occurred

• Ove Hoegh-Guldberg – a 2007 contributing author now serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 19)

• Lesley Hughes – a lead author, a contributing author and an expert reviewer for the 2007 report. She is once again serving as a lead author (see p. 17)

• Saleemul Huq – a coordinating lead author who acted in four other capacities with regard to the 2007 report, and is again a coordinating lead author (see p.14)

• Erik Jeppesen – a 2007 contributing author

• Roger Jones – a coordinating lead author for the 2007 report who is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 8)

• David Karoly – a lead author who wore five other hats for the 2007 report and is currently serving as a review editor (see p. 17)

• Manmohan Kapshe – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Gavin Kenny – a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer

• Christian Körner – a 2007 contributing author

• Paul Kovacs – a 2007 lead author who is serving once again as a lead author (see p. 18)

• K. Krishna Kumar – currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 7)

• Zbigniew Kundzewicz – a 2007 coordinating lead author who wore an additional three hats

• Murari Lal – wore four hats for the 2007 report, including serving as coordinating lead author of the chapter in which the Himalayan glacier mistake occurred

• Rodel Lasco – a coordinating lead author who also helped write two summary documents for the 2007 report and is now a lead author (see page 17)

• Rik Leemans – a 2007 lead author who is now serving as a review editor (see p. 15)

• Michael MacCracken – served as a 2007 contributing author, review editor and as an expert reviewer in three different capacities for the 2007 report (see here, here, and here) – which makes five hats in total

• Dena P. MacMynowski – a 2007 contributing author for two chapters and as well as an expert reviewer

• José Marengo – a 2007 lead author who is currently a review editor (see p. 1)

• Eric Martin – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer who is serving once again as a lead author (see p. 17)

• Mahmoud Medany – a 2007 coordinating lead author and lead author

• Claudio Guillermo Menéndez – who served as a lead author for the 2007 report

• Annette Menzel – a 2007 lead author

• Guy Midgley – a 2007 coordinating lead author who helped write two summary documents and is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 14)

• Charles Kenneth Minns – a 2007 contributing author

• Monirul Qader Mirza – a 2007 coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report and is now serving as a lead author (see p. 8)

• Alison Misselhorn – a 2007 contributing author

• Ana Rosa Moreno – a 2007 lead author and currently a review editor (see p. 18)

• Mark New – a lead author for the 2007 report

• Shuzo Nishioka – a 2007 review editor

• Carlos Nobre – a 2007 lead author and currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 18)

• Patrick Nunn – currently a lead author (see p. 7)

• Leonard Nurse – a coordinating lead author who wore five other hats for the 2007 report and is once again a coordinating lead author (see p.19)

• Mark Nuttal – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Anthony Nyong – a coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report

• Govind Ballabh Pant – a 2007 review editor

• Barrie Pittock – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Batimaa Punsalmaa – a lead author for two chapters of the 2007 report (here and here)

• N.H. Ravindranath – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer who is again serving as a lead author (see p. 25)

• George Rose – a 2007 lead author

• Joyashree Roy – a coordinating lead author who wore four other hats for the 2007 report and is once again serving as a coordinating lead author (see p. 24)

• Victor Magaña Rueda – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Stephen Schneider – a 2007 coodinating lead author who wore four other hats, as well. Prior to his death in 2010 he was again appointed a coordinating lead author (see p.15)

• Mohamed Senouci – a 2007 review editor

• Anond Snidvongs – a 2007 expert reviewer who is now a lead author (see page 9)

• Daithi Stone – wore seven hats for the 2007 Climate Bible, including lead author and expert reviewer for the Synthesis Report – and is once again a lead author (see p. 15).  In publications he is often identified as D.A. Stone.

• John Sweeney – a 2007 review editor, contributing author, and expert reviewer for Working Group 1 and 2

• Piotr Tryjanowski – a 2007 lead author

• John Turner – a 2007 expert reviewer

• Riccardo Valentini – currently a coordinating lead author (see p. 17)

• Jef Vandenberghe – a 2007 lead author and expert reviewer

• Richard Washington – a 2007 contributing author

• Poh Poh Wong – a coordinating lead author who served in three additional capacities for the 2007 report and is once again a coordinating lead author (see p. 9)

• Gary Yohe – a coordinating lead author who served in four other capacities for the 2007 report. He is now serving once again as a coordinating lead author (see p. 8)

• Zong-Ci Zhao – a 2007 lead author currently serving as a review editor (see p. 5)

• Gina Ziervogel – a 2007 contributing author and expert reviewer

I took two snapshots of this WWF Scientific Advisory Panel webpage. The first was back in July 2010. The second was a  few weeks ago.

The only apparent difference between them is the absence of Stephen Schneider‘s name from the second (he died in 2010).

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