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Wed 09 Sep 2010Climate report should 'reassure'
THE PUBLIC should be reassured by a report criticising the UN body charged with collecting scientific evidence about climate change, Irish commentators have said.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon released a negative report on the International Panel on Climate Change on Monday. It highlighted past high-profile failures within the panel’s systems that allowed untested claims to be included in its reports as scientific fact. This has caused damage to the panel’s credibility and encouraged climate change sceptics who used the errors to heighten public doubt about the reality of climate change triggered by human activity.
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