U.N. Panel Caught in New Round of Errors

The United Nations panel on climate change is facing fresh criticism today as The Sunday Telegraph reveals new factual errors and poor sources of evidence in its influential report to government leaders.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report is supposed to be the world’s most authoritative scientific account of the scale of global warming.

But this paper has discovered a series of new flaws in it including:

* The publication of inaccurate data on the potential of wave power to produce electricity around the world, which was wrongly attributed to the website of a commercial wave-energy company.

* Claims based on information in press releases and newsletters.

* New examples of statements based on student dissertations, two of which were unpublished.

* More claims which were based on reports produced by environmental pressure groups.

They are the latest in a series of damaging revelations about the IPCC’s most recent report, published in 2007.

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9 Comments

The Jesuit

Over a period of time, climates naturally shift on the planet Earth. So it has been; so it will always be--until something far greater than man intervenes.
Meanwhile, it appears, the more we try to "help," the more we eventually discover we have done harm--and wasted resources.

Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:58 AM

J-Mo

So, ignoring the errors in previous reports where they said Polar ice would melt slower then it really is - the error in this report shows that Himalayan ice is melting a bit slower then they had predicted. But in both the Himalayan glaciers and the summer arctic Ice Pack will be gone completely this century are not evidence of Global warming? Doesn't look like a huge error to me ...

Friday, February 12, 2010 at 02:02 PM

Major_Skidmark ««Audio: Reagan on UHC

AGW is one big scam. Pretty soon the torches and pitchforks will be chasing Al's corpulent body down the street.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 04:25 PM

Ken123

This whole project is just one big fraud to steal our tax dollars.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 09:27 AM

Phrogge

Repersenting fiction like this as fact is fraud. These clowns aren't scientises, they are novelists. Obviously we now need a new office for climate change.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 09:17 AM

NotsoSilent

I feel a new movie coming on, "Attack of the Climate Morons" staring Al Gore as Captain Climate, and a supporting cast of thousands all running amok asking for money.....kinda like the muchkins in the Wizzard of Oz.......

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 01:47 PM