The economic impact of global warming was ramped up in the final draft by IPCC. Shortly before authors wrote the final version, a British Government official passed scientists a note complaining about an earlier, more moderate draft. The official, from Ed Davey’s Department for Energy and Climate Change, said the economic section of the report was at best an ‘under-estimate’ and at worst ‘completely meaningless’. The final document increases the predicted economic impact of global warming. Critics said the suggestion of political interference by the Coalition, which set out to be the ‘greenest government ever’, was alarming. Tory MP Peter Bone said: ‘It is always the same with climate change. … Continue reading Ben Spencer