Climate Change: UN Official Says World Leaders Failing, Climate Experts Admit Wrong Global Warming Predictions

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The world's leaders may be failing in the fight against global warming, according to one of the officials of the United Nations. UN top climate official Halidor Thorgeirsson told reporters that people should pressure their respective politicians to take a stronger commitment against global warming.

In London's Imperial College, Mr Thorgeirsson told journalists that international leaders were not working hard enough to avoid the damaging and long-lasting effects of climate change. He said the world is failing in addressing climate change issues.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change senior director's statements came two years before the world's most powerful nations will convene in Paris for another round of climate change talks and address the potential problems of the world's climate. Scientists had previously released reports that the world's temperatures will rise dramatically unless something is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

One of the main issues of contention that has nations arguing is how to allocate the burden of emission cuts between emerging economies like China, India and other industrialised countries. He said the lack of progress in carbon emission reductions has led to doubts whether the deal will be made possible.

In a report that shocked the world, top climate scientists have admitted that their global warming predictions were wrong. They said the world was not heating up at a faster rate than previously reported.

Climate scientists admit mistake in global warming predictions

A report prepared by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was leaked and contained information that computer forecasts for global warming and effects of greenhouse gases were not accurate.

The UN report should have been published later on in September. It is based on a six-year assessment with justification of fuel tax hikes and renewable energy subsidies. The latest document also includes that the computer might not have considered the natural variability of climate which led to the exaggeration of predictions involving increased carbon emissions and high world temperatures.

However, despite the leaks, Oxford University's Climate Research Network director and co-author of the report said what was previously reported should not be considered as the "bible" of climate change. He also said he cannot comment on the leaked report since it's not yet final.

The professor added that scientists were constantly revising their research based on new data since that is how science works.