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UN climate body presses on after US quits, while China leads with renewables

South China Morning Post · · 187 words · By Victoria Bela
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The UN’s climate science body is pressing ahead with its work despite the US government’s withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year, the organisation’s top official has said.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the UN's climate body is continuing its work despite the US withdrawal. One source directly quotes the top official making this statement, and other sources provide general context on the IPCC's ongoing role.
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web search NEUTRAL — Climate change is real and its impacts are mostly negative, but common...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004016252…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a UN body founded in 1988 that evaluates science on the climate crisis.
https://earth.org/what-is-the-ipcc/
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web search NEUTRAL — climate science body is pressing ahead with its work despite the US government’s withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year, the organisation’s top official…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3351983/un-c…
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“According to IPCC chair Jim Skea, around 110 to 120 of the UN body’s 195 members typically show up when it meets.”
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The claim attributes specific attendance statistics (110 to 120 out of 195) to Jim Skea. While Jim Skea is mentioned as the IPCC Chair and is encouraged to participate in IPCC's work, the specific attendance figures are not corroborated by any independent source or Wikipedia entry provided. The information appears to originate solely from the original article's context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
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web search NEUTRAL — The IPCC informs governments about the state of knowledge of climate change. It does this by examining all the relevant scientific literature on the subject.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Cli…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jim Skea. Chair. IPCC. Sir Jim Skea was elected IPCC Chair for the seventh assessment cycle in July 2023. From 2015 to 2023, Jim was Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC , focusing on climate cha…
https://www.ipcc.ch/people/jim-skea/
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“Skea said that as an intergovernmental body, the IPCC did not take a position on individual countries, “but we can’t help but observe the huge deployment of renewable energy in China”.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the IPCC does not conduct its own research, stating that it produces comprehensive assessments and reports on the state of knowledge, rather than original research. This is a key function described across multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The IPCC does not conduct original research.[23] It produces comprehensive assessments on the state of knowledge of climate change. It prepares reports on special topics relevant to climate change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Cli…
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web search NEUTRAL — climate science body is pressing ahead with its work despite the US government’s withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year, the organisation’s top official…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3351983/un-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The IPCC does not conduct its own research. IPCC reports are neutral, policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. The assessment reports are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle …
https://www.ipcc.ch/
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“Chinese companies are also selling their technologies on the international market,” he said, adding that this had “global implications”.”
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The claim states that Chinese companies are selling technologies internationally and that this has global implications. While the web search results discuss Chinese tech firms' global presence, including international expansion plans and market reach, they do not contain the specific quote or context linking this observation directly to the IPCC chair's statement about 'global implications,' making the claim's specific attribution single-sourced.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dubbed "China risk" by some commentators, countries fear state-led espionage and excessive Chinese domination of their tech sectors. For mainland Chinese tech firms it means they are finding access to…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d5v404m96o
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web search NEUTRAL — Some U.S. tech giants have also used their networks to facilitate surveillance, espionage, and defense operations. U.S. companies such as Gatekeeper Systems also have sold facial recognition technolog…
https://www.cfr.org/china-digital-silk-road/
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web search NEUTRAL — Global Presence: Currently focused on the Chinese market, with plans for international expansion. 9. GAC Group: The Rising Star.The company has formed strategic partnerships with global firms, enhanci…
https://www.globalsources.com/knowledge/chinese-car-brands/
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