Statement on Himalayan Glacier melting: 20. Januar
| The IPCC has issued astatement on the melting of the Himalayan glaciers on 20 January 2010. It refers to poorly substantiated estimates of rate of recession and date for the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers in a paragraph of the the 938-page Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Assessment Report 4 (AR4). Ottmar Edenhofer, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III and Deputy Director of PIK, has made a number of press statements on this issue. |
