Reports in global media over the past week focused renewed attention on criticisms of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its scientific review process.

A handful of widely-publicised errors and alleged errors in the IPCC’s latest report — most notably a claim that Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035 — have driven several key figures to weigh in with their opinions on what should be done:

BBC: Ed Miliband (UK Climate Change Secretary) defends climate change science

The Observer: Miliband declares war on climate change sceptics

Guardian: Indian glaciologist criticised by IPCC chief joins calls for resignation

Times Online:  Science chief John Beddington calls for honesty on climate change

The Times: Research is robust but communication is weak

Admissions, allegations and responses to IPCC errors:

Telegraph: UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article

Sunday Times: UN climate panel shamed by bogus rainforest claim

Guardian: World’s glaciers continue to melt at historic rates

China Daily: Do three errors mean breaking point for IPCC?

Times Online: UN wrongly linked global warming to natural disasters

Stuff.co.nz (AP): Apology for errors in key climate change report

AFP: UN panel defends climate change evidence

IPCC’s official statement on Himalayan glaciers error

Locally, climate scientists have been drawn into the stand-off, with calls for full transparency for New Zealand climate data.  The NZ Herald has also approached climate researchers to address questions about the limits of what they know:

NZ Herald: NIWA to put temperature data on web

NZ Herald: Predicting local climate changes big challenge