Where in the IPCC's AR6 report, Chapter 11 does it say that...

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    Where in the IPCC's AR6 report, Chapter 11 does it say that walbrook?

    I note that in the Executive Summary, paragraph 2, it states the following:

    "It is an established fact that human-induced greenhouse gas emissions have led to an increased frequency and/or intensity of some weather and climate extremes since pre-industrial time, in particular for temperature extremes."

    On the second page of the Executive Summary, under the heading "Heavy Precipitation and Pluvial Floods", it says:

    "The frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events have likely increased at the global scale over a majority of land regions with good observational coverage. Heavy precipitation has likely increased on the continental scale over three continents: North America, Europe, and Asia."
    At the beginning of the second paragraph it goes on to say:

    "Human influence, in particular greenhouse gas emissions, is likely the main driver of the observed global-scale intensification of heavy precipitation over land regions."

    The terminology used by the IPCC is very clearly defined the following publication: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2017/08/AR5_Uncertainty_Guidance_Note.pdf

    and the specific term "likely" is defined in the following table on page 5 of this document:

    https://hotcopper.com.au/data/attachments/5400/5400650-fe9250747c7acc64c7f9f93a971e6c21.jpg


    To suggest that a 66% to 100% probability means anything other than - in layman's terms "more likely than not" - is pretty misleading, don't you think?!?

    It always pays to actually read the source document before mindlessly cutting and pasting misinformation.
 
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