Met Office's climate model 'is exaggerating warming effect' - The Times (subscription)

The Met Office method of predicting climate change contains flaws that cause it to overestimate the warming Britain will experience, according to a think-tank that opposes urgent emission cuts.

As a result, large sums are being wasted on preparing UK infrastructure for a warmer climate, such as changing the standard for road surfaces to cope with hotter summers, a report by the Global Warming Policy Foundation claims.

The Met Office defended its computer model and said that the report merely showed that a different method of predicting temperature increases could produce a different result.

Lord Lawson of Blaby, the former