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There is widespread support for the IPCC in the scientific community , which is reflected in publications by other scientific bodies [41] [62] [72] and experts. Since the IPCC has come under yet unparalleled public and political scrutiny. A paragraph in the Working Group II report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" , chapter 10 included a projection that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by This projection was not included in the final summary for policymakers. The IPCC has since acknowledged that the date is incorrect, while reaffirming that the conclusion in the final summary was robust.

They expressed regret for "the poor application of well-established IPCC procedures in this instance".

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Pachauri responded in an interview with Science. Former IPCC chairman Robert Watson said, regarding the Himalayan glaciers estimation, "The mistakes all appear to have gone in the direction of making it seem like climate change is more serious by overstating the impact.

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The IPCC needs to look at this trend in the errors and ask why it happened". The third assessment report TAR prominently featured [] a graph labeled "Millennial Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstruction" based on a paper by Michael E. Mann , Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes MBH99 , which has been referred to as the " hockey stick graph ". This graph extended the similar graph in Figure 3.

The schematic was not an actual plot of data, and was based on a diagram of temperatures in central England, with temperatures increased on the basis of documentary evidence of Medieval vineyards in England. Even with this increase, the maximum it showed for the Medieval Warm Period did not reach temperatures recorded in central England in The Jones et al. These studies were widely presented as demonstrating that the current warming period is exceptional in comparison to temperatures between and , and the MBH99 based graph featured in publicity.

Even at the draft stage, this finding was disputed by contrarians: Contrarian John Lawrence Daly featured a modified version of the IPCC schematic, which he mis-identified as appearing in the IPCC report, and argued that "Overturning its own previous view in the report, the IPCC presented the 'Hockey Stick' as the new orthodoxy with hardly an apology or explanation for the abrupt U-turn since its report". On 23 June , Rep. Joe Barton , chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce wrote joint letters with Ed Whitfield , chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations demanding full records on climate research, as well as personal information about their finances and careers, from Mann, Bradley and Hughes.

National Academy of Sciences arranged for its National Research Council to set up a special investigation.

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In a letter to Nature , Mann, Bradley, and Hughes pointed out that their original article had said that "more widespread high-resolution data are needed before more confident conclusions can be reached" and that the uncertainties were "the point of the article". Ten of these 14 reconstructions covered 1, years or longer.

Most reconstructions shared some data series, particularly tree ring data, but newer reconstructions used additional data and covered a wider area, using a variety of statistical methods. The section discussed the divergence problem affecting certain tree ring data. Some critics have contended that the IPCC reports tend to be conservative by consistently underestimating the pace and impacts of global warming, [] and report only the "lowest common denominator" findings.

On 1 February , the eve of the publication of IPCC's major report on climate, a study was published suggesting that temperatures and sea levels have been rising at or above the maximum rates proposed during the last IPCC report in Over the six years studied, the actual temperature rise was near the top end of the range given by IPCC's projection, and the actual sea level rise was above the top of the range of the IPCC projection.

Another example of scientific research which suggests that previous estimates by the IPCC, far from overstating dangers and risks, have actually understated them is a study on projected rises in sea levels. When the researchers' analysis was "applied to the possible scenarios outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC , the researchers found that in sea levels would be 0. This may have been due, in part, to the expanding human understanding of climate.

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In reporting criticism by some scientists that IPCC's then-impending January report understates certain risks, particularly sea level rises, an AP story quoted Stefan Rahmstorf , professor of physics and oceanography at Potsdam University as saying "In a way, it is one of the strengths of the IPCC to be very conservative and cautious and not overstate any climate change risk". In his December book, Hell and High Water: Global Warming , and in an interview on Fox News on 31 January , energy expert Joseph Romm noted that the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report is already out of date and omits recent observations and factors contributing to global warming, such as the release of greenhouse gases from thawing tundra.

The memo led to strong Bush administration lobbying, evidently at the behest of ExxonMobil, to oust Robert Watson , a climate scientist, from the IPCC chairmanship, and to have him replaced by Pachauri, who was seen at the time as more mild-mannered and industry-friendly. Michael Oppenheimer , a long-time participant in the IPCC and coordinating lead author of the Fifth Assessment Report conceded in Science Magazine 's State of the Planet — some limitations of the IPCC consensus approach and asks for concurring, smaller assessments of special problems instead of the large scale approach as in the previous IPCC assessment reports.

The IPCC process on climate change and its efficiency and success has been compared with dealings with other environmental challenges compare Ozone depletion and global warming. In case of the Ozone depletion global regulation based on the Montreal Protocol has been successful, in case of Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol failed. According to Sheldon Ungar's comparison with global warming, the actors in the ozone depletion case had a better understanding of scientific ignorance and uncertainties. Since the IPCC does not carry out its own research, it operates on the basis of scientific papers and independently documented results from other scientific bodies, and its schedule for producing reports requires a deadline for submissions prior to the report's final release.

In principle, this means that any significant new evidence or events that change our understanding of climate science between this deadline and publication of an IPCC report cannot be included. In an area of science where our scientific understanding is rapidly changing, this has been raised as a serious shortcoming in a body which is widely regarded as the ultimate authority on the science. Deadlines for the Working Group I report were adjusted during the drafting and review process in order to ensure that reviewers had access to unpublished material being cited by the authors.

The final deadline for cited publications was 24 July Rajendra Pachauri , the IPCC chair, admitted at the launch of this report that since the IPCC began work on it, scientists have recorded "much stronger trends in climate change", like the unforeseen dramatic melting of polar ice in the summer of , [] and added, "that means you better start with intervention much earlier".

Scientists who participate in the IPCC assessment process do so without any compensation other than the normal salaries they receive from their home institutions. The process is labor-intensive, diverting time and resources from participating scientists' research programs.

In May , Pachauri noted that the IPCC currently had no process for responding to errors or flaws once it issued a report. The problem, according to Pachauri, was that once a report was issued the panels of scientists producing the reports were disbanded. In February , in response to controversies regarding claims in the Fourth Assessment Report , [] [] five climate scientists — all contributing or lead IPCC report authors — wrote in the journal Nature calling for changes to the IPCC.

They suggested a range of new organizational options, from tightening the selection of lead authors and contributors, to dumping it in favor of a small permanent body, or even turning the whole climate science assessment process into a moderated "living" Wikipedia-IPCC. The authors note, "We urgently require a reframing of scientific research within an existential risk-management framework. The panel, however, made seven formal recommendations for improving the IPCC's assessment process, including:. The panel also advised that the IPCC avoid appearing to advocate specific policies in response to its scientific conclusions.

Various scientific bodies have issued official statements endorsing and concurring with the findings of the IPCC. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see IPCC disambiguation. This article needs additional citations for verification.

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