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Interesting Talk by IPCC 1st Author of 1st Draft of Summary for Policymakers
There was briefly a “part 3″ video, where Rutu Dave admits that she was “thrown in” to her IPCC job; her focus had been “trade policy”. To learn about climate, she read some books on a train.
I’d be surprised if these two Rutu Dave videos (below) are still publicly available in six months.
Early on, she mentions that she was not the smartest student in her class, and suggests that the “lot of cute guys that were there in suits” made Model UN meetings interesting.
There’s no indication whatsoever that she knows anything useful about climate science; she praises Al Gore. She’s obviously quite proud of the Nobel Peace Prize that “she” got.
Rutu Dave presents herself as one of five people who wrote the first draft of the most recent IPCC Summary for Policymakers. Revealingly, more than once, she calls it the IPCC Summary OF Policymakers!
She talks about the problems trying to get the Summary approved in four days with language barriers, etc. She said the Chinese “just don’t seem to shut up” and mentions “little tricks” to move things along.
She talks proudly about the IPCC getting “more famous” after Gore’s propaganda movie came out, with media attention from all over. She said she had her choice of going to Bali or to Oslo (for the Nobel ceremony), she chose Bali (mentioning the beaches). She said she’d have chosen Oslo had she known Brad Pitt would be there. Also, someone she knows actually met Uma Thurman!!
Now Rutu Dave works for the World Bank; several times, she says that they are trying to help their clients “make money from climate change”.
YouTube – Rutu Dave as guest speaker at the ISSE
She received her Bachelors degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia (UK) in 2000. She was awarded her Masters degree by Wageningen University (Netherlands) in 2002.
YouTube – Rutu Dave speaking about her work with the IPCC. Part 2
Update: That was fast. The videos are no longer publicly available.
Tom Nelson blog: ‘Very revealing talk by the IPCC’s Rutu Dave’
February 14th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Gee, I wonder why the videos are no longer available. When all you have left is lies, then just lie.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 am
I have no idea who this person is but have some news for you. You Tube regularly puts up and takes down video clips. It happens all the time. You’ll see something amazing and then it’s gone the next day. But make a mountain out of a molehill if it’s what you need to do.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:00 am
The thrust of this post was about an IPCC lead author who lacked expertise by her own admission on video. The removal of the embarrassing video from YouTube was an update to the post, and I’m sure it was just pure coincidence LOL!