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New biodiversity UN agency to mirror Geneva’s IPCC

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:46:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The new United Nations “independent platform” that was officially born 20 December, IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), “will in many ways mirror the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which has assisted in catalyzing worldwide understanding and governmental action on global warming,” according to an official statement released [...]

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Climate group told firmly: reform management structure, be more open

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:04:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com IPCC needs structural, cultural changes to regain credibility, InterAcademy Council report advises Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Geneva-based Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) needs to make “fundamental reform” to its management structure and to work in a spirit of far greater openness: this is the conclusion of the special report on the organization by [...]

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UK climate scientists’ scandal probe backs IPCC report

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:49:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - Geneva-based IPCC (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) has received its second bit of good news this week about investigations into how its 2007 benchmark report on climate change reached its conclusions. A six-month investigation in Britain (report, PDF) into a scandal involving scientists who contributed to the IPCC report has dismissed [...]

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Dutch back IPCC climate change study (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:23:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 13:00 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Dutch government has backed the “core conclusions” of Geneva-based IPCC’s landmark climate change study, published in 2007. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change came under fire in 2009 for errors in the report. The Dutch environment minister later asked The Netherlands’ Environmental Assessment Agency to carry out a [...]

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IPCC climate group to have outside scientific review

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:37:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Governments asked Ban Ki-moon and IPCC for external review Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Chair Rajendra Pachauri have asked the InterAcademy Council (IAC), a group of the world’s leading science academies, to review the scientific procedures of the Geneva-based IPCC. IPCC was created in 1986 [...]

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IPCC’s Pachauri bats away calls for him to leave

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:34:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Geneva-based IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), appears unready to bow to pressure to step down, if comments made to the BBC Friday 5 February are any indication. “‘There is one mistake that occurred unfortunately, and we have clearly accepted that; we have expressed regret that [...]

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Himalayas’ glaciers won’t melt by 2035 after all

Sean Ecker — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:47:10 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Himalayan glaciers are under threat to melt by 2035, according to a widely-read scientific report on the state of the world’s climate. This has now been revealed to be inaccurate, after news organizations, including the BBC, pointed out the error. The report was produced by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental [...]

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Greenland’s ice melting faster than previously thought

Sean Ecker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Greenland’s ice mass is melting at a quicker pace than previously believed and consequently adding more water to the oceans, reports Science magazine 13 November. The increased run-off will cause the sea-level to rise by more than was estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 projection for 2100. Altogether some 1,500 gigatonnes [...]

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Demining conference wins top Colombian music star

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:31:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Colombian superstar, 17-time Grammy award winning musician Juanes, is giving his voice to the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-free World that takes place in Cartagena, Colombia 29 November-4 December. Juanes, who has sold more than 9 million albums worldwide, in 2006 became the first musician ever to perform in the European [...]

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An A-Z of climate change facts, from airplane delays to zebra mussels

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:59:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – If you’re too busy to dive into the complex topics surrounding climate change, under discussion in Geneva 31 August to 4 September during the third World Climate Conference in 30 years, consider these facts: Carbon sinking: any natural store of carbon that can absorb CO2 from the air, such as forests, [...]

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