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And now even the lower-level lefties at IPCC and Pachauri’s foundation are preparing to throw him to the (just) wolves, hoping that the scandal somehow limits itself to him alone.

Fat chance. All these greedy bastards are going down.

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He is trying to save himself and his buddies:

IPCC deputy says scientists are 'only human'

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Climate scientists are "only humans" who can make mistakes like everyone else, the deputy leader of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said.

By Louise Gray
Published: 10:56AM GMT 26 Jan 2010

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Photo: STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

The UN's climate science body is under fire after being forced to retract claims that the Himalayan Glaciers would melt by 2035.

However Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, vice chairman of the IPCC, told the BBC it was simply a "human mistake".

"Aren't mistakes human? Even the IPCC is a human institution and I do not know of any human institution that does not make mistakes, so of course it is a regrettable incident that we published that wrong description of the Himalayan glacier," he said.

The scandal has led to the calls for the chairman of the science body Rajendra Pachauri to resign after he described those who criticised the claim as using "voodoo science".

But again Mr van Ypersele, professor of climatology and environmental sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain, said it was "only human" to use such language.

"I would personally not have used the voodoo science wording," he said. "I think humans can sometimes use words that are a bit too strong but it is certainly not a reason to ask for the resignation of a chairman who has done an excellent job. We are trying to do our best, we are going to reinforce the review procedures so the probability in the next report of such incidents happening is even lower. But to guarantee a zero fault product is probably not possible for any human enterprise."

The 2007 report, that included the Himalayan claim, is the basis for the current international debate on climate change and has led the developing countries to demand billions of pounds in compensation for the consequences of global warming.

It also included a section that has been criticised for including a report that linked climate change to an increase in natural disasters, although the IPCC claim this is just one conclusion in a "balanced" report.

The IPCC are now working on the 5th assessment report that will be finalised in 2014 and also hugely influence world leaders.