The UN climate panel, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change headed by Rajendra Pachauri faced fresh allegations today with a British paper claiming that the data contained in its report on the potential of wave power and drop in north Africa’s crop output by half were not properly substantiated.
The Sunday Telegraph, which is carrying on a campaign against Pachauri, claimed it has discovered a series of new flaws in the report, even as Pachauri’s predecessor said he “cannot be personally blamed” for the errors.
The latest discrepancies, relate among others to the claim that global warming could cut crop production in rain- fed north Africa by up to 50 per cent by 2020, that has been quoted by Pachauri and UN chief Ban Ki-moon in speeches.
