UN climate body 'needs reforms', review recommends

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Source: BBC

The UN's climate science body needs "fundamental" reforms, including a shorter term for its chairperson, an international 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 commends the IPCC on the way it carried out previous assessments. But the report recommends changes to the way the body is run and the way science is presented.

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Speaking at news conference in New York, Harold Shapiro, who chaired the IAC committee's review, said: "Overall, in our judgment, the IPCC's assessment process has been a success and has served society well." But he said fundamental changes would help the IPCC continue success under a "public microscope". Dr Shapiro also conceded that the controversy over errors in climate science assessments had dented the credibility of the process.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11131897

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Video clip of the press conference at the link.


Here's Faux' headline for this story...

"Independent Audit Panel Slams U.N.'s Climate Group"

If you read the BBC article, it could hardly be called a "slamming".