"CLIMATEGATE" BEGONE!

Another study of the IPCC 2007 report, this time by a Dutch agency, found that the major claims of the report are justified. This is in addition to 4 other recent reports that back the science.

Dutch study broadly backs IPCC climate report

By Fiona Harvey in London and Clive Cookson in Turin
Published: July 6 2010 00:12 | Last updated: July 6 2010 00:12
FINANCIAL TIMES

A Dutch government investigation into climate change science has found that there is no reason to doubt the central claims that global warming is occurring and is found to be the result of human actions.

The chief error in the IPCC report was a claim that the glaciers of the Himalayas could largely disappear by 2035. This was determined to be unfounded and subsequently retracted. Other claims in the report that have been questioned, such as potential drops in crop yields in Africa if climate change progresses, are defended by the IPCC.

As to the overall findings of the 2007 IPCC report, the most comprehensive study of climate science to date and the benchmark used by most of the world’s governments, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency said: “The summary conclusions were well-founded and none were found to contain any significant errors.”