IPCC a reliable source on climate change

The United Nations has set up a supervisory committee to review the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. The move comes in response to criticism that the Panel's statements tend to be exaggerated. But the dangers of global warming are real, writes the daily The Times: "The IPCC is not a self-selected group of scientists with a political agenda. It was founded in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation and the UN Environment Programme with a mandate to produce accurate, balanced assessments about human-induced climate change. ... Perhaps there is a criticism that can be made of IPCC scientists: they have been too slow publicly to defend their integrity. They have not been willing or able to hit the airwaves or make their case in newspapers. But scientists are now faced by powerful lobbies who are working to distort and discredit the science behind climate change."

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