He doesn't come out and actually admit he lied. In fact he says he did not "cheat" the data nor did he "unfairly influence the scientific process." But he does concede that:
UPDATE: Now there is a study that suggests there was no warming to begin with, but rather the instruments that measure warming were capturing land development and urbanization. The study also notes that many of the temperature measuring sites are in questionable sites like water treatment plants or incinerators.
UPDATE AGAIN: Here is a great article detailing the various revelations in the IPCC report. I think there are 14 main issues detailed... so far.
"two periods in recent times had experienced similar warming. And he agreed that the debate had not been settled over whether the Medieval Warm Period was warmer than the current period...."This effects the "hockey stick" graph that shows global warming in this century is unprecedented. If it is not, than this could imply what is happening now is NOT related to humans or CO2. Stay tuned...
UPDATE: Now there is a study that suggests there was no warming to begin with, but rather the instruments that measure warming were capturing land development and urbanization. The study also notes that many of the temperature measuring sites are in questionable sites like water treatment plants or incinerators.
UPDATE AGAIN: Here is a great article detailing the various revelations in the IPCC report. I think there are 14 main issues detailed... so far.