India has threatened to pull out of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and set up its on climate change body because it “cannot rely” on the group headed by its own Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr R K Pachauri.
The Indian government’s move is a snub to both the IPCC and Dr Pachauri as he battles to defend his reputation following the revelation that his most recent climate change report included false claims that most of the Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035. Scientists believe it could take more than 300 years for the glaciers to disappear.
The body and its chairman have faced growing criticism ever since as questions have been raised on the credibility of their work and the rigour with which climate change claims are assessed.
In India the false claims have heightened tensions between Dr Pachauri and the government, which had earlier questioned his claims. In Autumn, its environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, said that while glacial melting in the Himalayas was a real concern, there was evidence that some were actually advancing despite global warming.
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Now if only Canada would pull out of IPPC. Perhaps even the UN.
LOL! The IPCC is a bad joke, if they’re serious, they’re fools, but they only seriously committed fraud – and they got away with it.
The Indian gov’t must be recognized for a timely, efficient decision. It has raised the bar and set the course for other gov’ts to follow suit. The vested interests so entangled for a few decades unfortunately means its dissolution is going to be at a snail’s pace. Then the question remains: What will the at least couple of dozen top players in the scam turn to next?? Or will their licenses to practice in their respective fields be revoked??
Without India AND China’s involvement, the IPCC is worthless.
Cy says “Without India AND China’s involvement, the IPCC is worthless.”
The IPCC has always been worthless.
I meant functionally, not ideologically
Functionally worthless, ideologically corrupt.