India will soon have its very own panel on climate change. The Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announced this in New Delhi today. He said, the country can not depend only on reports from the UN Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change.<br/><br/>The statement assumes importance in the wake of admission by the panel chief that there was error in the report on the melting of Himiliyan Glaciers. He said that 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. <br/><br/>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 Himaliyan glaciers is a cause for serious concern and announced the setting up of the National Institute of Himalayan Glaciology at Dehradun .<br/><br/>Briefing reporters in New Delhi, UN Climate 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 Himaliyan glaciers would be senseless. In response to the questions from the reporters 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.<br/> <br/>He also advocated for creating a small representative group of nations to evolve a consensus on the pressing issue of global warming. UNFCC chief Yvo De Boer described the Copenhagen accord crafted by a group of countries including biggest, richest and smaller nations a political intent to limit the global temperature. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Mr. Boer said that the UN Secretary General is also convening a meeting to mobilise resources for the developing and poorer countries to put in action their mitigation plans. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent adds that India, China and several other countries have already conveyed to the UNFCC, their emission cut plans as per the Copenhagen accord.