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After Climate-Gate, U.N. Submits to Independent Review
- FOXNews ^ | Updated March 10, 2010 | Ed Barnes

Posted on 03/10/2010 5:04:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

In an apparent slap at the embattled chief of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered a newly formed outside scientific panel to review its "procedures and practices" -- and more significantly, its management.

In an apparent slap at the embattled chief of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered a newly formed outside scientific panel to review its "procedures and practices" -- and more significantly, its management.

The hastily assembled panel will be headed by Prof. Robbert H. Dijkgraaf, head of the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and co-chairman of the InterAcademy Council. The investigation will be carried out by the Council and will be composed of unpaid volunteer scientists. The panel's formation, it was acknowledged at a press conference Wednesday, was a direct reaction to criticism of the way the IPCC put together its last report on climate change.

The Council is composed of the heads of national science academies in 15 countries, according to Dijkgraaf, a theoretical physicist.

The IPCC is a U.N.-funded organization that gathers and publishes authoritative reports on the state of climate research. Governments and policy makers rely on its findings to battle climate change, because it is expected to present the best analysis and assessment of data available.

But the IPCC has faced a torrent of criticism since November, when leaked e-mails raised doubts about its handling of data and its fairness. At least five significant errors have been reported in the panel's findings, and its credibility has been severely undermined both among scientists and the public.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Weather
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On several occasions during Wednesday's press conference, Dijkgraaf said that the mandate of the new panel is not to look at past mistakes but to ensure that the IPCC's next report, its fifth, on the state of climate science will be accepted by the public and the scientific community.

1 posted on 03/10/2010 5:04:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; Fred Nerks; steelyourfaith; NormsRevenge; onyx; BOBTHENAILER; ...

Not sure,...whether we get a white wash,...but it could be.


2 posted on 03/10/2010 5:06:39 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
the mandate of the new panel is not to look at past mistakes but to ensure that the IPCC's next report...will be accepted by the public

Trying to recapture the debate.

3 posted on 03/10/2010 5:10:44 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Not sure,...whether we get a white wash,...but it could be."
Most likely a whitewash. They will assemble only those that are global warming advocates.
4 posted on 03/10/2010 5:21:58 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We don’t need an “independent review”. It’s over boys! The hoax and scam is finished. Go join hands around the U.N. building and spend a few days singing “We are the World”. That’ll make you all feel better.


5 posted on 03/10/2010 5:38:23 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud American-American since 1949.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fractal Trader; tubebender; marvlus; Genesis defender; markomalley; ...
Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

6 posted on 03/10/2010 7:38:45 PM PST by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
They are going to try to keep going....just posted this:

Review of U.N. panel's report on climate change won't reexamine errors

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"Let me be clear: The threat posed by climate change is real," Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said during a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York. "Nothing that has been alleged or revealed in the media recently alters the fundamental scientific consensus on climate change, nor does it diminish the unique importance of the IPCC work."

7 posted on 03/10/2010 11:50:56 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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