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Independent Board to Review IPCC Report An independent board of scientists is being convened to review the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in light of recent revelations that some parts of the panel’s 2007 report were scientifically unsubstantiated.
The IPCC’s reports have until recently been regarded by international policy makers as an authoritative source on climate change.
Two recent scandals—one involving leaked emails and another in which a report author asserted, based on a non-peer-reviewed source, that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035—have led some to question the overall legitimacy of the IPCC’s work, even as many mainstream researchers maintain that the body of evidence indicating that human activity is driving global warming is incontrovertible.
Nick Nuttall, a spokesman for the U.N. Environment Program, told Reuters that the review board, which would aim to produce a report by late summer, would be made up of “senior scientific figures.” Among the issues they will consider is the appropriateness of “gray literature”—non-peer-reviewed science that can include everything from government reports to unpublished research—as source material for IPCC conclusions. Many scientists believe this data should not be banned, as it helps provide a more complete picture of climate science. |
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