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Watson's 'political science' hits 'brick wall' on biodiversity
Robert Watson surged to international prominence in 1977, when he took the helm of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). His tendency to favor politics over science led to his ouster from this global-warming body. He then joined the International Assessment of Agricultural Science & Technology (IAASTD) project, where his tendency to favor politics over science led a number of science and technology delegates to walk out of the project. Now, Watson is vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) -- a project for which there is little enthusiasm.