New shameful mistake by IPCC

They keep coming

clipped from news.oneindia.in Geneva , Feb 15: Under the public scanner for making erroneous prediction on climate change , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has admitted its mistake for stating that 55 per cent of Netherlands is under sea level in its key report, while the region was only at risk of flooding. Earlier in Feb, IPCC was asked by the Dutch government to explain the figure which indicates that only 26 percent of the country is below sea level. In a note sent to a news agency, the IPCC admitted that the figure of 55 percent includes the area of Netherland which was actually at the ‘risks of being flooded’. Admitting the mistake, IPCC said in the note that the 938-page Fourth Assessment Report should actually mean “either the area below the highest sea-level reached during storms, or the total area of the country that is prone to flooding from the sea and rivers.”

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