UN climate experts deny secrecy after new leak

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Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), briefs the media at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva on June 7, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

* Climate sceptic publishes draft of report on global warming

* Panel says anyone can review its work

OSLO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.N. panel of climate scientists has rejected criticism that it is too secretive after a blogger sceptical about global warming published a leaked draft on Tuesday of one of its massive reports.

The panel, whose work is a guide for governments deciding whether to make billion-dollar shifts away from fossil fuels, said it welcomed comments from all to fine-tune the report whose final version is due to be published in 2014.

"All scientific comments submitted through the review process will be considered and addressed by authors, and all comments are made public after publication," it said in a statement on Tuesday night.
Anyone signing up as a reviewer, however, has to promise not to quote from the report or hand it on.

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