 However, they have emphasised that they stand by their overall conclusion that melting of the glaciers is a concern to the region, which is home to over one billion people, and that the rate of melting is projected to accelerate over the coming century.
<meaning-changed>  However, they have emphasised that they stand by their overall conclusion that melting of the glaciers is a concern to the region, which is home to over one billion people, and that the rate of melting is projected to accelerate over the coming century.
 News reports have suggested that the claim originated in a 1999 article in the popular science magazine New Scientist, and was picked up by the IPCC when it was quoted in a 2005 report by the World Wildlife Fund.