UN climate body admits 'mistake' on Himalayan glaciers
Tag cloud - climate change denier styleee...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel
admits that it made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included the date in its 2007 assessment of climate impacts.
A number of scientists have recently
disputed the 2035 figure, and Jean-Pascal van Ypersele told BBC News that
it was an error.
But he said it did not change the broad picture of man-made climate change. The issue, which BBC News first reported on 05 December, has reverberated around climate websites in recent days. Some commentators maintain that taken together with the contents of e-mails stolen last year from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, it
undermines the credibility of climate science.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In all seriousness though:
Quote:
"I don't see how one mistake in a 3,000-page report can damage the credibility of the overall report," he said.
"Some people will attempt to use it to damage the credibility of the IPCC; but if we can uncover it, and explain it and change it, it should strengthen the IPCC's credibility, showing that we are ready to learn from our mistakes."
|
Oh you bet they will.
