Over the course of this year, six reviews have examined various aspects of climate research – most recently Monday’s report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by the world’s scientific academies. While none has challenged the fundamental view that man-made global warming must be tackled by cutting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, there has been harsh – and often deserved – criticism of the IPCC and the climate research centres that contribute to its assessments.
今年以來,有6份評估報告對氣候研究的方方面面進行了考量——最近的是週一發佈的、來自全球多家科學研究院的有關「政府間氣候變化專門委員會」(IPCC)的報告。儘管沒有一份報告對根本理念——人類活動造成的全球變暖必須通過減少二氧化碳及其它溫室氣體排放來解決——提出質疑,但卻對IPCC以及爲其評估提供支持的各氣候研究中心提出了(常常是合理的)嚴厲批評。