when the ipcc says very likely, that means more than 90% probability. the window for other things to be the dominant influences is really being closed by the increase in sign tesk knowledci knowledge. >> it is sharp enough to know what actions we need to take. >> climate is incredibly complicated. there are lots of details we don't understand, but the big picture we have a very solid understanding of. most in terms of observations about what's happened in the past, about the fundamental mechanisms driving the changes and about the consequences of those mechanisms in the decades moving forward. >> chris fields, thank you for your time. >>> for more, visit the climate watch page. you will find the link on our website kqed.org/this week. that's where you also can watch complete episodes een and segments. you can describe to our newsletter an pod cast and share your thoughts about the program. i'm belva davis. good night.

quote, unfortunately there is no way to fix the ipcc and there never was. the reason that is it's information over 20 years ago was to support political and energy policy goals, not to search for scientific truth, end of quote. here's another quote. if disagree with our interpretation of climate change, you were left out of the ipcc process. they ignore our fight against any evidence which does not support their policy-driven mission even to the point of pressuring scientific journals not to publish papers that might hurt the ipcc. another one, i also think the science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it, end of quote. another one, it's very likely that the mean temperature has shown much larger past variability than caught by previous reconstructions. we cannot from these reconstructions conclude that the previous 50-year period has been unique in the context of the last 500 to 1,000 years. what does that mean? that means the current cycle we are in has nothing to do with the burning of fossil fuel by human beings. i would like to insert an

in particular we did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the ipcc assessments. that was the university review. not enough? the national science foundation also looked at this. mr. franken: could be biased. mr. whitehouse: that's why we go on to the national science foundation, which found no direct evidence of research misconduct, and therefore said, "we are closing this investigation with no further action." and parliament looked into it as well because the university was in great britain. and the house of commons did an investigation. the house of commons investigation concluded that the challenged action by professor jones and others -- quote -- "were in line with common practice in the climate science community." they went on to say, "insofar as we've been able to consider accusations of dishonesty, we consider that there is no case to answer, no case to answer." finally they said we have found no reason in this unfortunate episode to challenge the scientific consensus as expressed by professor bed beddington that in fact global warming is happe

0> seven you have no choice but to take action against prez through ipcc, the commission and the courts and the number of times you had to engage solicitors in this is about 50 is that right? >> probably, yes. >> does that cover both ptc and litigation? >> it might be more but as far as i can tell. yes. >> the main concerns you wish to express of the foremost concern to the privacy of your children and it is a privacy of your own and then the border issue. your children you deal with this in nine and when your first novel came out if you don't mind the reading from the public domain he wore a single mother so what was your what it to our strategy that you had one in relation to any publicity first in regards to the book and secondly protection of your charge because it's been filed. >> we took the view them and i would like to say i certainly wouldn't like to be seen standing judgment because there are people i know who have made a view on this but it was my belief and remains my belief that children do their best when they are kept out of the public eye and if their home life is secure

and in december we will have authors talking to that extreme weather events and ipcc chair -- the authorsalking about extreme weather events and the chair. the best way to obtain contracts to sign up for our e-mail newsletter or go to climate-one.org. i would like to thank the key supporter of climate one. now i would like to begin the radio program and get going with our conversation. what did america learn from the dp oil disaster in the gulf of mexico? the crude oil spill from the ocean captivated the country and dominated the news in the spring of 2010 it seems to have not treated. in the summer bp finally plugged the gusher and in january 2011 the national oil spill commission convened by president obama issued a report on government and industry failures that caused an estimated 11,700,000,000 krivoy to be released into the ocean. i miss p.a., host climate one and for the next hour with a live audience of the commonwealth club we will discuss the oil disaster and we are delighted to have the chairman of the president's national commission here and joining us. please welcome republic

0> seven you have no choice but to take action against prez through ipcc, the commission and the courts and the number of times you had to engage solicitors in this is about 50 is that right? >> probably, yes. >> does that cover both ptc and litigation? >> it might be more but as far as i can tell. yes. >> the main concerns you wish to express of the foremost concern to the privacy of your children and it is a privacy of your own and then the border issue. your children you deal with this in nine and when your first novel came out if you don't mind the reading from the public domain he wore a single mother so what was your what it to our strategy that you had one in relation to any publicity first in regards to the book and secondly protection of your charge because it's been filed. >> we took the view them and i would like to say i certainly wouldn't like to be seen standing judgment because there are people i know who have made a view on this but it was my belief and remains my belief that children do their best when they are kept out of the public eye and if their home life is secure