The answer to No. 1 is irrelevant since the answer to No. 2 is yes, they are entirely different.
The IPCC claims there are thousands of researchers involved in its reports. So the question is whether thousands of contributors can claim to have "shared" the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Institute and the IPCC have both addressed this: they
cannot claim to have "shared" the prize.
The context is important.
The original language that said contributors "shared" the award came from the IPCC. Mann explained that in his Facebook posting.
When the controversy about Mann's legal filing broke, the Nobel Institute was asked about Mann's claims and provided an unequivocal response. He cannot claim to be a Nobel laureate.
After the Nobel Insitute contacted the IPCC, the IPCC issued a statement on the matter.
Please note: The IPCC was
fully aware of the "shared award" language being used by Mann and others (eg., Kevin Trenberth). In its followup statement, the IPCC said it is "incorrect" for contributing members to claim any credit for the Nobel Prize that went to the IPCC as "an organization."
The Nobel Institute and the IPCC explicitly answered question 2: The answer is NO! Regarding the Nobel Prize, the IPCC said contributors
cannot take "credit for the work they contributed."
The IPCC's exact quote: "The prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organization, and not to any individual associated with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner."
This statement was issued today from the IPCC, which appears to be inspired by the recent claims of Dr. Michael Mann in the lawsuit against NRO that we discussed here and here. The colored bold tex…
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I said (bolded and underlined, once again) that I
completely agree with the Nobel Institute and the IPCC that Mann's statements were false.
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Not that it really matters, as I don't set the rules for the awarding of the Nobel Prize.)
I can't make it any clearer. I fully agree with the Nobel Institute and the IPCC that the answer to question 2 is that contributors cannot claim to have "shared" the award and Mann's statements were false!!
Contrary to the false claims quoted above, bver_hunter has NOT answered the question.
Yes or no, bver_hunter: Do you agree with the Nobel Institute and the IPCC that Mann cannot claim to have "shared" the award and that his statements were false?