They're in on the hoax, so don't expect much out of this. You actually expect them to come out and admit they've been part of this scam all along?
Good luck with that.
The UN panel on climate change is to investigate claims that UK scientists manipulated global warming data to support a theory that it is man-made.
The controversy, dubbed Climategate, was sparked by the internet posting of hacked emails written by members of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU).
The row comes ahead of next week's UN-sponsored conference on tackling climate change in Copenhagen.
One of the leaked emails suggested CRU head Dr Phil Jones wanted certain papers excluded from the UN's next major assessment of climate science.
The professor denies that was his intention and says other emails have been taken out of context.
Dr Jones has stepped down from his university work while an independent investigation is carried out.
He also claimed suggestions of a conspiracy to boost the evidence for man-made global warming were 'complete rubbish'.
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for assessing climate change science.
Norfolk police are investigating whether computers were hacked. Issues to be probed include data security and whether the university responded to Freedom of Information requests.
IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri told the BBC the claims were serious and he wanted them investigated.
'We will certainly go into the whole lot and then we will take a position on it,' he said.
'We certainly don't want to brush anything under the carpet. This is a serious issue and we will look into it in detail.'
And when they find themselves guilty they'll issue a strongly-worded letter admonishing the leakers for being bad boys.
In a separate development, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will insist today that a deal to avert catastrophic climate change is 'achievable' at next week's UN-sponsored conference in Copenhagen.
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