THE world’s leading climate change body has been accused of losing credibility after a damning report into its research practices.
A high-level inquiry into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found there was “little evidence” for its claims about global warming.
It also said the panel had emphasised the negative impacts of climate change and made “substantive findings” based on little proof.
The review by the InterAcademy Council (IAC) was launched after the IPCC’s hugely embarrassing 2007 benchmark climate change report, which contained exaggerated and false claims that Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035.
The panel was forced to admit its key claim in support of global warming was lifted from a 1999 magazine article. The report was based on an interview with a little-known Indian scientist who has since said his views were “speculation” and not backed by research.
Independent climate scientist Peter Taylor said last night: “The IPCC’s credibility has been deeply dented and something has to be done. It can’t just be a matter of adjusting the practices. They have got to look at what are the consequences of having got it wrong in terms of what the public think is going on. Admitting that it needs to reform means something has gone wrong and they really do need to look at the science.”
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It’s a bit troubling that in spite of all the chicanery of the IPCC and its cadres that authors of these investigations are still willing to let the IPCC and the UN oversee climate science.
This is in a U.K. newspaper is our MSM even noticing or commenting ? I haven’t checked all other news sources today but I would expect the sound of crickets from them as usual or some dismissive comments about there being nothing to see here or it’s a conspiracy of and by ” Bill Oil ” !
I believe the National Post carried this on their front page yesterday.
But it isn’t true until the Toronto Star or the Mop and Pail or the CBC says it is. LOL ( Sarcasm/joke )
Well good for the National Post: It’s a start !