Roger Pielke
"....some "key points" from a Dutch newspaper article out today:"Politicians angered by latest IPCC error
Reason for their ire is a flawed statement about sea-levels in the Netherlands. In the IPCC 2007 Report, 55 percent of the Netherlands is reported to lie below sea-level and 65 percent of its GDP would depend on economic activity located in that part of the country.Following a review by the Dutch Central Statistics Bureau (CBS) it now appears that the IPCC's numbers are wrong. According to the CBS, only 20 percent of the country is situated below sea-level supporting 19 percent of GDP.Environment Minister Cramer said to be "very concerned" and "not prepared to accept any more mistakes". Liberal party representative Népperus said she wants recommendations currently under consideration by the "Delta Commission" to be postponed. "I'm not saying that sea-levels aren't rising", she said, "but there is a big difference between spending 100 billion or 80 billion Euros on reinforcement of our coastal defenses".
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