Confidence in IPCC teetering: BBC reports ‘governments demanding clear explanation’ of warming slowdown
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is meeting in Sweden to thresh out a critical report on global warming. Scientists will underline, with greater certainty than ever, the role of human activities in rising temperatures. But many governments are demanding a clearer explanation of the slowdown in temperature increases since 1998. One participant told BBC News that this pause will be a "central piece" of the summary. Researchers from all over the world work with the IPCC to pore over thousands of peer-reviewed studies and produce a summary representing the current state of climate science. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Governments are demanding a clear explanation of what are the possible causes of this factor” Prof Arthur Petersen Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Its previous report in 2007 was instrumental in helping the panel share the Nobel Peace Prize that year. A new Summary for Pol...