The credibility of the IPCC has been the subject of much debate,
as it has been suggested that IPCC officials violated standard
rules of procedure in finalizing their 1990 and 1995 reports.
Underlying these violations is the allegation that IPCC findings
have been altered in such a way as to justify a conspiratory
political agenda--that global warming is a real and legitimate
threat. Shortly before the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the
Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), headed by well-
known contrarian Dr. S. Fred Singer, released a report attacking
the IPCC on numerous counts. Among the most serious accusations
was the following: that Chapter 8 the IPCC report, the chapter
detailing the extent of human influence on global climate, had
been edited, with key clauses expressing the uncertainty of
man's impact on climate change intentionally discarded in order
to conform to the Summary for Policy Makers--a clear violation
of the formal scientific review process essential to all ongoing
scientific