Meaning of Glaciergate | Babel Free

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A 2010 controversy resulting from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mistakenly claiming in a 2007 report that the glaciers of the Himalayas would melt by 2035.

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“But no one, it seems, is more embarrassed by "Glaciergate" than Dr Pachauri himself, whose expanding worldwide business connections since he became chairman of the IPCC have recently been the subject of articles in these pages by Dr North and myself.”

“And don't forget that this mistake was highlighted not by deniers but by scientists themselves. Glaciergate actually shows we can police ourselves, say researchers.”

“Asked if he had any regrets over "Glaciergate", he [Rajendra Pachauri] said: "Well, we obviously made an error which we have corrected, and it's there on the website of the IPCC. We did that as soon as it came to our attention."”

“In a 2007 report, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change alarmingly stated that the mountain glaciers of the Himalayan region could be gone by the year 2035. But the statement turned out to be in error, leading to an IPCC acknowledgement of inadequate vetting of the material and many criticisms of the climate science body — as well as the dubbing of the incident "Glaciergate."”

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