Helmut Schmidt former German Chancellor attacks the IPCC in Berlin speech

   Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in a speech in Berlin on 11 January to the Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany`s most prestigious science organisation  has cast serious doubts on the integrity and credibility of the IPCC.  He has called for an independent scientific investigation into what he calls their questionable practises. A report from the GWPF web site climate record on 6 March quotes him as saying "some of their researchers have shown themselves to be fraudsters"