India will soon have its very own panel on climate change. This was disclosed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi yesterday. He said, the country can not depend only on reports from the UN Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC. The statement assumes importance in the wake of admission by the panel chief that there was error in the report on the melting of Himalayan glaciers. He said that the IPCC has had goof-ups on the glaciers, on the Amazon, on the snow peaks but added that it is responsible body with a network of scientists. The minister said that the first climate change assessment from this body would be brought out in November this year. He said that the health of Himalayan glaciers is a cause of serious concern and announced the setting up of the National Institute of Himalayan Glaciology at Dehradun.<br/><br/>Briefing reporters in New Delhi, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-UNFCCC Chief Yvo de Boer strongly defended Dr. R K Pachuri. He said that holding him responsible for the error in the world body's report on Himalayan glaciers would be senseless. In reply to a question, he said that the scientific community has made it clear that other mistakes regarding Amazon forests and disappearing of ice from mountain peaks have been proved unfounded. He also advocated for creating a small representative group of nations to evolve a consensus on the pressing issue of global warming. The UNFCCC Chief described the Copenhagen accord crafted by a group of countries including biggest, richest and smaller nations a political intent to limit the global temperature. He said most of the nations favour the negotiations to be taken forward on the basis of Kyoto Protocol and those countries who have some reservations on the issue will have to evolve ways to move from the second track to this Protocol. Mr. Boer said that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is also convening a meeting to mobilise resources for the developing and poorer countries to put in action their mitigation plans. Our correspondent adds that India, China and several other countries have already conveyed to the UNFCCC, their emission cut plans as per the Copenhagen accord. <br/>