India does the right thing regarding the climate
They do their own work instead of relying on the IPCC numbers.
From the
UK Telegraph:
India forms new climate change body
The Indian government's move is a significant snub to both the IPCC and Dr Pachauri as he battles to defend his reputation following the revelation his most recent climate change report included false claims that most of the Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035. Scientists believe it could take more than 300 years for the glaciers to disappear.
The body and its chairman have faced growing criticism ever since as questions have been raised on the credibility of their work and the rigour with which climate change claims are assessed.
In India the false claims have heightened tensions between Dr Pachauri and the government, which had earlier questioned his glacial melting claims. In Autumn, its environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said while glacial melting in the Himalayas was a real concern, there was evidence that some were actually advancing in the face of global warming.
Dr Pachauri had dismissed challenges like these as based on �voodoo science�, but last night Mr Ramesh effectively marginalised the IPC chairman even further.
He announced the Indian government will established a separate National Institute of Himalayan Glaciology to monitor the effects of climate change on the world�s �third ice cap�, and an �Indian IPCC� to use �climate science� to assess the impact of global warming throughout the country.
�There is a fine line between climate science and climate evangelism. I am for climate science. I think people misused [the] IPCC report, [the] IPCC doesn�t do the original research which is one of the weaknesses � they just take published literature and then they derive assessments, so we had goof-ups on Amazon forest, glaciers, snow peaks.
Good for them -- good that they realize that data does need to be collected and that the quality of data coming from the IPCC is horrid. A big nation with a wide range of climates.
Posted by DaveH at February 4, 2010 6:59 PM