Global warming 'hiatus' doesn't change long term climate predictions – study

Detailed analysis rejects view that apparent slowing of global rise in temperature from 1998-2012 is evidence against man-made climate change

An apparent hiatus in global warming that spawned a decade-long controversy has had no impact on long-term climate projections, a detailed analysis has concluded.

The slower rise in temperatures from 1998 to 2012 has repeatedly been cited by climate sceptics as a sign that the climate is less sensitive to greenhouse gases than previously thought - or even that global warming has stopped. The latest study rejects this view, suggesting that there was ultimately no meaningful deviation between what climate models predicted and what was observed.