Indian government snubs the IPCC and Dr Pachauri
The Telegraph reported on 4 Feb 2010:
In Autumn, [India's] environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said while glacial melting in the Himalayas was a real concern, there was evidence that some were actually advancing despite global warming.
Dr Pachauri had dismissed challenges like these as based on “voodoo science”, but last night Mr Ramesh effectively marginalized 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.
On the irony of the reference to voodoo science, see Ironic use by IPCC's Pachauri of term "voodoo science"
[Bob Park has been quiet on the voodoo matter.]
In Autumn, [India's] environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said while glacial melting in the Himalayas was a real concern, there was evidence that some were actually advancing despite global warming.
Dr Pachauri had dismissed challenges like these as based on “voodoo science”, but last night Mr Ramesh effectively marginalized 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.
On the irony of the reference to voodoo science, see Ironic use by IPCC's Pachauri of term "voodoo science"
[Bob Park has been quiet on the voodoo matter.]
posted by Lawrence B. Ebert at 9:32 PM
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