Looking at ncdave's next comments over at CC, he confides, "Disclosure: I was an Expert Reviewer on the IPCC's AR5 Report." and we come to find out we're dealing with Dave Burton creator of the faux-science "sealevel.info" blog. The guy believes Heartland is the scientific gold standard. Come on, look at their mission statement, it has nothing to do with understanding our planet. Policy advocacy is all they are concerned with. That's not science, that's power-politics PR games.
Dave's big on conspiracy ideation against established science and he believes Heartland's incestuous little NIPCC is more reliable than the thousands of reports and studies that have gone into the IPCC reports. And he's got the list to prove it, that's why I've included AGW Observer's 'Anti-AGW papers debunked' list after our excursion into Mr. Burton's expert comment.
You may ask what qualifies Dave to be an IPCC "Expert Reviewer"? Turns out, he doesn't need any qualification, just enough interest to sign up with the IPCC. As Tim Lambert explained “Expert reviewer for the IPCC” doesn't mean that they asked him to review material – all it means is that he asked to see the draft report. The only real requirement to be a reviewer is to sign an agreement not to publicly comment on the draft.” (see http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/05/09/you-too-can-be-a-leading-clima/) - or to be formal:
1. First Order Draft: Expert Review
… Experts who have not received an invitation but would like to review the draft are able to advise the Working Group Technical Support Units of this. Expert reviewers are issued with a username and password to access the first order drafts online.- See more at: https://www.nzclimatechangecentre.org/ipcc/expert_review#sthash.lMdGC94d.dpuf
A little investigation at https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/drafts/Ch00_WG1AR5FOD_RevCommResponses_Final.pdf revealed that Dave Burton is credited with one comment, the IPCC's response is must reading. (Actually two, but the first was an error message.)
IPCC Review - Comment number 0-12
(Mr. Burton writes)
