UK's chief scientific adviser backs climate scientists
1 February 2010
In the wake of recent climate change controversies, including how fast the IPCC stated Himalayan glaciers would disappear, the Government's chief scientific adviser, Professor John Beddington, talks frankly to the Natural Environment Research Council about the issues.
He tells Sue Nelson why controversies don't undermine the science behind climate change, restates the case for urgent action and explains why communicating uncertainties is so difficult.
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