Guardian debate: Was 'climategate' the greatest scandal to hit climate science or a mere storm in a teacup?

The revelation of private emails between climate change scientists at the University of East Anglia and their international colleagues caused a storm of controversy, and three separate inquiries. Join the expert panel at the Guardian debate to discuss what the affair has – and has not – revealed about the study of global warming. The latest inquiry, by Sir Muir Russell, found scientists had not fudged their results or silenced critics . But it found serious shortcomings in the transparency with which they worked, posing a risk to the credibility of UK climate science and indicating a transformation in the way science has to be conducted in this century. The panel: • Professor Trevor Davies , pro-vice-chancellor (research), University of East Anglia, and former director of the Climatic Research Unit. • Professor Bob Watson , chief scientific advisor, Defra, visiting professor at the University of East Anglia and former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; • Fred Pearce, environment journalist and author of The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming ; • Steve McIntyre , editor of climateaudit.org • Doug Keenan , blogger and independent researcher. Chair: George Monbiot , Guardian comment writer When: 7pm, Wednesday 14 July 2010 Where: Riba , 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD • The Climate Files: The battle for the truth about global warming by Fred Pearce is available for £8.99 (RRP £11.99) with free UK p&p from Guardian Books. To order visit guardianbooks.co.uk or in the UK call 0330 333 6846.