Brilliant takedown of institutional memory loss. The fact that spooks are recycling Himalayagate claims two decades later says everything about how insulated these agencies are from their own failures. The 34% grey literature dependency you cite from Laframboise's audit was absolutely shocking at thetime. What's worse is that this kind of circular citation laundering is basicaly standard practice now across policy domains, not just climate.
The WWF report was reported by New Scientist, and Dr David Bellamy wrote in to New Scientist to the say it was nonsense. This resulted in George Monbiot attacking David, starting a climate denier witch-hunt and getting him cancelled. If George had show a little more journalism vs climate activism. David Bellamy may have become a national treasure he deserved to be and the IPCC humiliation over "Himalaya gate" may never have happened. It is immensely sad that David Bellamy died largely forgotten during Covid and treated like a pariah amongst academics and environmentalist, he was a giant amongst environmentalists that actually cared for the environment - his biography - Jolly Green Giant is worth a read
Brilliant takedown of institutional memory loss. The fact that spooks are recycling Himalayagate claims two decades later says everything about how insulated these agencies are from their own failures. The 34% grey literature dependency you cite from Laframboise's audit was absolutely shocking at thetime. What's worse is that this kind of circular citation laundering is basicaly standard practice now across policy domains, not just climate.
A little known fact.
The WWF report was reported by New Scientist, and Dr David Bellamy wrote in to New Scientist to the say it was nonsense. This resulted in George Monbiot attacking David, starting a climate denier witch-hunt and getting him cancelled. If George had show a little more journalism vs climate activism. David Bellamy may have become a national treasure he deserved to be and the IPCC humiliation over "Himalaya gate" may never have happened. It is immensely sad that David Bellamy died largely forgotten during Covid and treated like a pariah amongst academics and environmentalist, he was a giant amongst environmentalists that actually cared for the environment - his biography - Jolly Green Giant is worth a read
Why would anyone trust British intelligence, which manipulates the British government on behalf of the global banking cartel?!