Open AccessIndependent review slated for climate change panel
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo120003
Subject(s) - climate change , transparency (behavior) , criticism , objectivity (philosophy) , glacier , political science , nothing , geography , law , physical geography , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
The InterAcademy Council (IAC) has agreed to conduct an independent review of the processes and procedures followed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in preparing its assessment reports. The review was requested by IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri and United Nations secretary general Ban Ki‐moon following some criticism of IPCC, including the inclusion in IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of non‐peer‐reviewed information about the disappearance of Himalaya glaciers. At a 10 March briefing, Ban noted that there were “a very small number of errors” in AR4 and that the IPCC process needs to ensure “full transparency, accuracy, and objectivity, and minimize the potential for any errors going forward.” Ban added, “The threat posed by climate change is real. 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.”