Subscribe to the BlogThe head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said the organisation needs to learn from recent criticisms and modernise its workings.
But despite making an error over Himalayan glaciers in its landmark 2007 report, the IPCC's basic conclusions remain sound, he said.
Rajendra Pachauri was speaking at the opening session of a UN-commissioned review into the panel's workings.
He said the panel had been ill-prepared to deal with the recent criticism.
"We have to listen and learn all the time and evolve in a manner that meets the needs of society across the world," Dr Pachauri told the panel.
Continue reading the main story IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri appearing before the InterAcademy reivew panel (Image: AP)
We have not been effective at telling the public, 'yes, we made a mistake', but that does not change the fact that the glaciers are melting
The IPCC admits to including an erroneous date by which Himalayan glaciers might disappear in its recent report - a mistake that Dr Pachauri said was down to human error.