Article Tags: Christopher Booker, Himalayan Glacier Data
The research institute headed by the controversial chair of the United Nations’ panel on climate change won funding to study Himalayan glaciers after the panel published flawed predictions about glacier melting in the area
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was forced to apologise after the prediction in its benchmark 2007 report – that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035 – was revealed to have been based on unsubstantiated claims.
It can be revealed that The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), whose director is Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the IPCC, was awarded a portion of two grants, which were worth a total of almost £3 million for research on the glaciers after the inaccurate claims were published.
Source: telegraph.co.uk