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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (27933)	1/30/2010 3:43:43 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Nothing important has been admitted, except t;hat previous projections re. the impact of CO2 have been too CONSERVATIVE. The same could be said about current future projections. I guess you don't have the facilities to understand that there's nothing there that backs up your "cause".

To: Brumar89 who wrote (27933)	1/30/2010 4:55:03 PM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Respond to of 36921

Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen January 30, 2010 timesonline.co.uk The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt. Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists. The IPCC’s report underpinned the proposals at Copenhagen for drastic cuts in global emissions. Dr Pachauri, who played a leading role at the summit, corrected the error last week after coming under media pressure. He told The Times on January 22 that he had only known about the error for a few days. He said: “I became aware of this when it was reported in the media about ten days ago. Before that, it was really not made known. Nobody brought it to my attention. There were statements, but we never looked at this 2035 number.” ...