Friday, May 13, 2011

Now Vatican's scientists join calls for action over climate change

Now Vatican's scientists join calls for action over climate change | Mail Online

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 2:09 PM on 13th May 2011


Vatican scientists have sparked a climate change row after backing a discredited UN report that claimed ice on the Himalays could melt by 2035.

The Pontifical Academy of Science, which report directly to the Pope, said glaciers were evaporating and called for urgent action to stem damage to the environment.

But lead author, Rajendra Pachauri, based it upon his own 2007 UN climate panel report, which he later admitted had ‘poorly substantiated estimates’ following an international furore.

Concerns: The Vatican-backed scientists expressed their fears for glaciers as a result of climate change (file picture)

Concerns: The Vatican-backed scientists expressed their fears for glaciers as a result of climate change

The scientist's latest call for a reduction of carbon dioxide and methane emissions has sparked anger among climate-change sceptics.



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