Richard Black

Climate scientists at a top U.K. research unit have emerged from an inquiry with their reputations for honesty intact but with a lack of openness criticised. The Independent Climate Change Email Review was set up by the University of East Anglia (UEA) after more than 1,000 e-mails were hacked from its servers.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has not only attracted widespread attention and created a major political fallout in the US, but has posed some major issues that impact the future of global energy policy and the international response to the growing challenge of climate change.

Amsterdam: The head of the UN scientific body on climate change defended on Friday the work of the thousands of scientists who contribute to its reports, even as he welcomed a review of procedures that produced errors undermining the panel

May 10: The Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCAA)under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is ready to challenge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

It has come up with a home grown report on climate change and how it impacts agriculture, water, natural eco-system and health. The report is to be released on Tuesday.