"People can have confidence in the IPCC's conclusions…Given that it is all on the basis of peer-reviewed literature." - Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC chairman, June 2008

"The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature." - Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC chairman, June 2007

"This is based on peer-reviewed literature. That’s the manner in which the IPCC functions. We don’t pick up a newspaper article and, based on that, come up with our findings." - Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC chairman, June 2008 (click quote to go to YouTube video. Remarks begin at 1 minute, 15 seconds)

As IPCC Chairman Rajendra K. Pachauri recently stated: 'IPCC relies entirely on peer reviewed literature in carrying out its assessment...'" - US Environmental Protection Agency, December 2009 (bottom of PDF's page 7)

"When asked if the discussion paper could be taken into consideration...[Pachauri] said, 'IPCC studies only peer-review science. Let someone publish the data in a decent credible publication. I am sure IPCC would then accept it, otherwise we can just throw it into the dustbin.'" - Times of India, November 2009 [previously said 2007 due to a typo]

"This is the key document on climate change, and from now on you can forget any others you may have read or seen or heard about. This is the one that matters. It is the tightly distilled, peer-reviewed research of several thousand scientists" - Irish Independent, November 2007

"Make no mistake about how central the IPCC is to the global warming debate. The IPCC's reports are why ours and other governments...are calling for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions...[those] attacking the IPCC...have never researched nor published any climate science in peer-reviewed journals - and peer review is how science works." - ABC News, Australia, November 2009

"The IPCC bases its work on papers that have been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature." - The Economist, December 2009

"The IPCC does not do scientific research itself, but builds its assessments on peer-reviewed and published scientific papers. " - ABC News, Australia, February 2007

"The IPCC relies on the peer-reviewed scientific literature for its conclusions, which must meet the rigorous requirements of the scientific method..." - Joe Romm, Salon.com, February 2008

"The first phase [of the IPCC report] will be released in Paris next week...The report will draw on already published peer-reviewed science." - CBC News, Canada, January 2007

"Without a strong, peer-reviewed science base [provided by the IPCC]...the case for action on climate change would not be as unequivocal as it is today."  - Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General, August 2008

"[The IPCC report] used only peer reviewed published science..." - Associated Press science writer Seth Borenstein, February 2007. This story appeared in newspapers large and small in countries that included Russia, Canada, and the United States.  

"The [IPCC] report will draw on already published peer-review science." - Associated Press science writer Seth Borenstein, January 2007. This story appeared in newspapers in countries that included South Africa and the United States.

"The knowledge of climate change contained within peer-reviewed scientific publications is periodically assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." - Science Alert.com, November 2008.

"Journalists must follow basic principles for screening evidence - making sure, for example, that scientific research is properly peer reviewed. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a particularly valuable source of information on climate change..." - The New Nation, Bangladesh, September 2009