Rees and Cicerone are saying that regardless of the evidence the answer is predetermined. If the government wants carbon control, that is the answer that the Academies will provide. Nothing could better epitomize the notion of science in the service of politics – something that, unfortunately, has characterized so-called climate science.
Rees is President of the Royal Society
Cicerone is President of the US National Academy of Sciences
Correction: That excerpt was from slide 27 of Lindzen’s presentation.