I did something very unusual when I looked at that Climate Appraisal Services site – I read the legal (and then stopped – a friend informed me about the product’s content). It very clearly says there is no warranty attached to the information given:

Neither the Company, nor its third party content providers, warrants the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or timeliness of the information, materials, products and services on this website or the error-free use of this website. ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES. THE CLIMATE PROFILES AND OTHER INFORMATION AND REPORTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE (COLLECTIVELY, “REPORTS”), ARE OFFERED ONLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND PERSONAL USE: REPORTS ARE NOT INTENDED AND SHOULD NOT BE THE BASIS OF, OR IN ANY WAY GUIDE OR INFLUENCE, PURCHASE, SALE OR RELOCATION DECISIONS. Historical information included in Reports has been extracted from a variety of sources identified in the Reports. These data sources are primarily governmental and other publicly available sources. The Company does not control the quality of these third party data sources. Projections included in the Reports are based on statistical models of potential future phenomena generated by our third party providers. The projections represent one view of one possible outcome. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE COMPANY MAKES NO PROMISES OR REPRESENTATIONS WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF ANY HISTORICAL INFORMATION OR PROJECTIONS IN ANY REPORTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHETHER OR NOT THE EVENTS PROJECTED WILL OCCUR AT ALL, THE TIMING OF ANY OCCURRENCE OR THE SEVERITY OF ANY OCCURRENCE.

Very interesting. Given that the UN governments might actually take policy decisions based on the IPCC reports that could cost people a lot of money, shouldn’t a similar note about the lack of warranty be attached to the IPCC reports, especially those that make projections about the future?