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(lái)，有6份評(píng)估報(bào)告對(duì)氣候研究的方方面面進(jìn)行了考量——最近的是周一發(fā)布的、來(lái)自全球多家科學(xué)研究院的有關(guān)“政府間氣候變化專門委員會(huì)”(IPCC)的報(bào)告。盡管沒(méi)有一份報(bào)告對(duì)根本理念——人類活動(dòng)造成的全球變暖必須通過(guò)減少二氧化碳及其它溫室氣體排放來(lái)解決——提出質(zhì)疑，但卻對(duì)IPCC以及為其評(píng)估提供支持的各氣候研究中心提出了（常常是合理的）嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)。