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===IPCC process=== There are a small number of climate scientists<ref name="king climate change sceptics">{{citation|author=King, D.|date=24 February 2005|at=[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/5030102.htm Memorandum by Professor Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government: THE CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICS]|chapter=Economic Affairs - Minutes of Evidence (Tuesday 1 March 2005)|chapter-url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/5030101.htm|title=Economic Affairs - Minutes of Evidence |access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029081002/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/5030101.htm|url-status=live}}, in {{harvnb|Economic Affairs Committee|2005}}</ref><ref> {{citation|date=18 January 2005|at=[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/5011803.htm Examination of Witnesses: Sir John Houghton's reply to Q45]|title=Economic Affairs - Minutes of Evidence}}, in {{harvnb|Economic Affairs Committee|2005}} </ref> who disagree with aspects of the IPCC's work. Perhaps the best known is [[Richard Lindzen]],<ref name="king climate change sceptics" /> professor of [[meteorology]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. A report by the [[UK Parliament]]'s [[House of Lords]] Economic Affairs [[Select committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|Select Committee]] (EAC, 2005)<ref name="eac ipcc criticism"> {{harvnb|Economic Affairs Committee|2005}} </ref> contains criticisms of the IPCC's work, including the "[[Special Report on Emissions Scenarios|SRES]]" greenhouse gas emissions scenarios,<ref>{{citation | title=Ch. 4: Forecasting greenhouse gas emissions and Temperature Change | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/1207.htm | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=2016-10-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029080955/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/1207.htm | url-status=live }}, in {{harvnb|Economic Affairs Committee|2005}}</ref> which are used in the TAR. The Economic Affairs Select Committee is made up of members of the [[House of Lords]], which scrutinizes and votes on government legislation. One of the criticisms made by the EAC (2005)<ref>{{citation | title=Ch. 7: the IPCC Process: The policy-makers' summaries, paragraphs 112-114 | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/1210.htm#a53 | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=2016-10-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029080957/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/12/1210.htm#a53 | url-status=live }}, in {{harvnb|Economic Affairs Committee|2005}}</ref> is an apparent inconsistency between the Working Group II Summary for Policymakers and a statement made in the full WGII report: "The IPCC Summary for policy makers says that economic studies underestimate damage, whereas the chapter says the direction of the bias is not known." The [[UK Government]]<ref> {{harvnb|UK Government|2005}} </ref> issued a response to the report by EAC (2005).<ref name="eac ipcc criticism"/> The UK Government acknowledged the discrepancy between the WGII SPM and full WGII report which was referred to by the EAC (2005),<ref>{{citation | title=Appendix: Response to paragraphs 111 and 114 of the Report | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/71/7104.htm | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=2010-10-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015221103/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/71/7104.htm | url-status=live }}, in {{harvnb|UK Government|2005|pp=19β20}}</ref> but remained generally supportive of the IPCC's procedures. The UK Government rebutted a number of other criticisms of the TAR which were made by the EAC (2005).<ref>e.g.: {{citation | title=Appendix: Response to paragraph 32 of the Report | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/71/7104.htm | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=2010-10-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015221103/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldeconaf/71/7104.htm | url-status=live }}, in {{harvnb|UK Government|2005|pp=8β9}}</ref>
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