'We Are Not In Crisis': Chair Of IPCC Climate Body To AFP

IPCC chair Jim Skea says the UN's climate expert advisory panel and its landmark reports remain 'manifestly relevant' (Credit: AFP)

Jim Skea insists the IPCC, the UN climate panel he chairs, is not in crisis and remains relevant despite criticism it is too slow in publishing its landmark scientific reports on climate change.

In an interview with AFP in Paris, the British sustainable energy professor addressed divisions within the IPCC, the US retreat on climate cooperation, and record-breaking global temperatures.