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Stricter Controls Urged for the UN's Climate Body
from BBC News Online
The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to the organisation's credibility, an independent review has concluded.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has faced mounting pressure over errors in its last major assessment of climate science in 2007. The review said guidelines were needed to ensure IPCC leaders were not seen as advocating specific climate policies. It also urges transparency and suggests changes to the management of the body.
The IPCC has admitted it made a mistake in its 2007 climate assessment in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. Officials at the UN body say this error did not change the broad picture of man-made climate change.
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