U.N. climate panel selects new authors | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal

"U.N. climate panel selects new authors | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal"

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"Climate change 20 years ago was very much a physical science question" but has since come to include social, economic and even ethical issues, van Ypersele said.

He said that in addition to meteorologists, physicists, statisticians and engineers, the latest group of authors now includes at least one philosopher.

Roger Pielke Jr., an environmental studies scientist at University of Colorado and past critic of the IPCC, said the list "looks like business as usual," but said the authors should be given a chance to show they could improve on previous reports. Pielke said his concerns with the reports have "far less to do with the individuals involved than a deeply flawed process."