Response to Defra minister’s comments on the IPCC report

1 Oct. 13 The Independent ask for views on Owen Paterson’s interpretation of the IPCC’s summary

Owen Paterson is a UK cabinet minister and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Following a meeting at the Conservative Party conference in 2013, The Guardian quoted his comments on the IPCC scientific summary which attracted a range of responses published in The Independent the following day

My response to the ministers distortion of the IPCC report is also picked up in Manchester Climate Monthly.