The Climate DebateBy Thana Poopat
Asia News Network
The recent brouhaha over an unfounded prediction in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report from 2007 is a stark reminder to us all that there is a fine line that separates robust science and climate advocacy. Scientists cross this line at their own peril.
As the Nobel prize-winning IPCC, with egg on its face, found out the hard way. The controversial claim that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035 was retracted, and the global network of over 2,000 scientists went into damage-control mode. (read full story)
Let’s hope that they won’t be spending too much time licking their wounds or getting blocked down in defensiveness. IPCC should undertake vigorous action to put its house in order and emerge from this embarrassing episode as more forthright in outlook with greater transparency in its work process.
The great majority of the international community has reaffirmed its confidence in growing body of knowledge of climate change science, which remains robust despite errors in panel report.
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