IT’S good to know our national broadcaster takes nothing at face value. They don’t just swallow the testimony of the thousands of leading scientists who have contributed to the work of the International Panel on Climate Change.

THE global warming debate is certainly hotting up, with your columnist Ryle Dwyer adding his voice to the chatter (Irish Examiner, January 17).

THE first part of the fourth report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on February 3, states with 90% certainty that global warming is anthropogenic and if we humans continue in a ‘business as usual’ manner, the consequences are likely to be apparent during this century and will be serious, if not catastrophic.

TWO announcements last week evoked very different responses from religious leaders.