Embarking on a bit of a charm offensive, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released the names of more than 800 scientists selected to take part in writing its fifth assessment report on climate change, due out in 2014. The panel is charged with releasing periodic reports summarizing the state of knowledge about climate change as a guide to policy makers. Chris Field, the new co-chairman of a crucial working group for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Stanford University Chris Field, co-chairman of a working group for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For much of this year, the panel has been under attack for lax vetting procedures in incorporating scientific information into its last report, the fourth assessment, which came out in 2007. That report concluded that the planet was warming and human activity was to blame. But critics say that the report in some cases overstated the level of scientific certainty on the issue or simply got things wrong.

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