Glaciergate

Proper noun

Glaciergate

1. A 2010 controversy resulting from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mistakenly claiming in a 2007 report that the glaciers of the Himalayas would melt by 2035.
   • But no one, it seems, is more embarrassed by "Glaciergate" than Dr Pachauri himself, whose expanding worldwide business connections since he became chairman of the IPCC have recently been the subject of articles in these pages by Dr North and myself.2010 January 23, Christopher Booker, “Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate scandal”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
   • And don't forget that this mistake was highlighted not by deniers but by scientists themselves. Glaciergate actually shows we can police ourselves, say researchers.2010 January 24, Robin McKie, “Glaciergate was a blunder, but it's the sceptics who dissemble”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022