We reported this days ago. “Nothing in the report to support this claim”

Africa-Gate? U.N. Fears of Food Shortages Questioned

Times of London

Global warming could quickly cut rain-fed north African crop production by up to 50 percent, claims the U.N.'s controversial climate report. But a leading U.N. scientist is questioning his own group's claim.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Global warming could quickly cut rain-fed north African crop production by up to 50 percent, claims the U.N.'s controversial climate report. But a leading U.N. scientist is questioning his own group's claim.

This weekend Professor Chris Field, the new lead author of the IPCC's climate impacts team, told The Sunday Times that he could find nothing in the report to support the claim. The revelation follows the IPCC's retraction of a claim that the Himalayan glaciers might all melt by 2035, dubbed 'Glaciergate' by commentators.