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	Assessments: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
		IPCC Press Release (dtd 22 Jan 2000), IPCC Working Group I accepts its contribution to IPCC Third Assessment Report "Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis", Shanghai, 20 January 2001.
		IPCC to Adopt Major Report on the Impacts of Climate Change (PDF).
		Examined "the state of climate science, the gaps in our understanding of the global climate, and the approach the government should take to fill those gaps as it develops a research agenda to deal with climate change." Held by US Congress, House, Committee on Science.
	www.usgcrp.gov /usgcrp/links/ipcc.htm (1105 words)

	LOVE 201: Global Change#1
		On the negative side in North America, for instance, the panel found that forests and their wild inhabitants in the East and parts of the mountain West might not be able to migrate northward or upward fast enough or far enough to adjust to the warming climate.
		The new report of the intergovernmental panel said that tundra and taiga in North America may be reduced by two-thirds in the next century and that the southern boundary of the area covered by permafrost should shift northward by about 300 miles over the next 50 years, threatening roads, buildings, pipelines and other structures.
		Largely for this reason, according to the panel, Africa may be the continent most vulnerable to climate change, because its economy consists largely of rain-fed agriculture and many of its farmers are too poor and ill equipped to adapt.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~leeman/Climate_change.html (2011 words)

	Climate Change
		IPCC further states that "there is new and stronger evidence that the observed warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities".
		When we speak of climate change on a global scale, we are referring to changes in the climate of the Earth as a whole.
		Climate change is happening due to an increased concentration of certain gases in the atmosphere.
	www.greenpeace.org /seasia/en/asia-energy-revolution/climate-change (1073 words)

	The IPCC Assessment Process
		The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization for the purpose of assessing "the scientific, technical and socioeconomic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.
		Because the assessments of the IPCC are the most comprehensive and balanced evaluations of the climate change issue, however, its work is probably the single most important foundation on which climate policy is built [2].
		Points of dispute in the science of climate change are usually resolved either by developing appropriate intervals of uncertainty around certain projections or by crafting language that reflects the different viewpoints of experts within the scientific community and the reasons that the differences exist [4].
	www.ucsusa.org /global_warming/science/the-ipcc-assessment-process.html (3297 words)

	Global Climate Change: The 1995 IPCC Report
		The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued assessments of global climate change in 1990 and 1995 (the executive summaries of the latter report are available from IPCC).
		The IPCC panel concluded that "changes in global mean surface air temperature and from changes in geographical, seasonal, and vertical patterns of atmospheric temperature, suggest a discernable human influence on global climate".
		Although the IPCC report is based on the work of a large number of researchers from around the world, not all scientists agree with the panel's conclusions (for one example, see the World Climate Report).
	geochange.er.usgs.gov /sw/changes/anthropogenic/ipcc-b (536 words)

	Climate change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Climate change is a primarily influenced by the total stock of GHGs in the atmosphere and not by annual GHG emissions.
		India is highly vulnerable to climate change as its economy is heavily reliant on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry, and its low-lying densely populated coastline is threatened by a potential rise in sea level.
		India’s strategy in contributing to global efforts to reduce the risk of climate change has been to develop the institutional capacity to formulate, assess, and implement economic and technical responses to climate change issues; focus on the transfer and adaptation of technology; and integrate sustainable development with national development programmes.
	static.teriin.org /climate/climate.htm (756 words)

	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -
		The effects of climate change on fisheries will affect a sector of most economies that is already characterised by full utilisation of resources, large over-capacity and conflicts amongst fishers, and between them and others arguing for alternative uses of marine ecosystems.
		Changes remain uncertain and competing theories are still developing as to the reality of the change, its magnitude and its mechanisms.
		Progress in implementing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is slow and resistance from some of the major players to pledge reduction of gas emissions remains a stumbling block.
	www.oceansatlas.org /cds_static/en/intergovernmental_panel_climate_change_ipcc__en_13789_17265.html (1790 words)

	The Heat Is Online
		The US Climate Change Science Programme, which yesterday released its own report saying climate change was being affected by man-made pollution, said it wanted as many experts and stakeholders as possible to comment on the draft IPCC report.
		The IPCC assessment is written by scores of scientists - who can draw on the expertise of hundreds more researchers - to produce the most definitive and authoritative assessment of climate change and its impacts.
		A United Nations panel on climate change has noted for the first time the likelihood that global warming resulting from human activities is causing heat waves and other abnormal weather phenomena as well as Arctic ice mass loss.
	www.heatisonline.org /contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?ID=5914&Method=Full (2064 words)

	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In fact, the observed changes in climate cannot be explained by natural phenomena alone (e.g., changes in solar output and volcanic emissions) as shown in, nor anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols alone.
		Vulnerability is defined as the extent to which a natural or social system is susceptible to sustaining damage from climate change, and is a function of the magnitude of climate change, the sensitivity of the system to changes in climate and the ability to adapt the system to changes in climate.
		The IPCC has continued to provide scientific, technical and socio-economic advice to the world community, and in particular to the 170-plus Parties to the UNFCCC through its periodic assessment reports on the state of knowledge of causes of climate change, its potential impacts and options for response strategies.
	www.solcomhouse.com /IPCC.htm (6465 words)

	International Relations - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
		The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.
		IPCC's Second Assessment Report, Climate Change 1995, provided key input to the negotiations which led to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.
		It is important to ensure that the IPCC continue to provide scientific, technical and socio-economic advice to the world community, and in particular to the 170-plus Parties to the UNFCCC through its periodic assessment reports on the state of knowledge of causes of climate change, its potential impacts and options for response strategies.
	www.ec.gc.ca /international/unorgs/ipcc_e.htm (629 words)

	Science \| Climate Change \| U.S. EPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases Summary for Policymakers for the report "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis", approved by the U.S. government.
		Climate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer).
		The fact that the magnitude of the observed warming is large in comparison to natural variability as simulated in climate models is suggestive of such a linkage, but it does not constitute proof of one because the model simulations could be deficient in natural variability on the decadal to century time scale.
	www.epa.gov /climatechange/science/index.html (706 words)

	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Summary
		The principles of the IPCC operation [5] are assigned by the relevant WMO Executive Council and UNEP Governing Council resolutions and decisions as well as on actions in support of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process.
		The IPCC concentrates its activities on the tasks allotted to it by the relevant WMO Executive Council and UNEP Governing Council resolutions and decisions as well as on actions in support of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process [12].
		The TAR estimate for the climate sensitivity is 1.5 to 4.5 °C; and the average surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 Celsius degrees over the period 1990 to 2100, and the sea level is projected to rise by 0.1 to 0.9 metres over the same period.
	www.bookrags.com /Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change (5253 words)

	IPCC - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
		The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is universally recognized as the world's most authoritative voice on the science of climate change.
		Established by the United Nations, the role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to climate change, as well as its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
		This most recent research from the IPCC concludes that global warming is "unequivocal" and that human activity is the main driver of this warming, asserting with near certainty — more than 90 percent confidence — that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases from human activities have been the main causes of warming since 1950.
	www.davidsuzuki.org /Climate_Change/Science/IPCC (273 words)

	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
		IPCC Working Group I is overseeing preparation of this contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report, adhering to IPCC rules and procedures.
		In accordance with its mandate and as reaffirmed in various decisions by the panel, the major activity of the IPCC is to prepare comprehensive and up-to-date assessments of policy-relevant scientific, technical, and socio-economic information relevant for understanding the scientific basis of climate change, potential impacts, and options for mitigation and adaptation.
		Working Group I assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change; Working Group II assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, potential negative and positive consequences, and options for adapting to it; and Working Group III assesses options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions and otherwise mitigating climate change.
	www.climatescience.gov /Library/ipcc/wg14ar-review.htm (739 words)

	HDP-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The IPCC is charged with assessing various scientific components of the climate change issue, such as potential effects of greenhouse gas emissions and modification of the Earth's radiation balance.
		IPCC also examines the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of climate change and evaluates possible response strategies for the management of climate change.
		In addition to its role as an international scientific body, IPCC serves as the scientific advisor to The Framework Convention on Climate Change.
	www.ciesin.org /TG/HDP/ipcc.html (378 words)

	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [New Zealand Climate Change] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The role of the IPCC is to assess what we know about the climate system, the impacts of climate change and possible ways forward.
		The IPCC’s findings show that human activity has caused most of the global warming over the last 50 years, and that human-induced climate change is a real threat to our future.
		It approves, accepts and adopts IPCC reports, decides on the programmes and mandates of the Working Groups and the Task Force, the structure and outlines of their reports, IPCC principles and procedures, and the budget.
	www.climatechange.govt.nz /about/ipcc.html (394 words)

	UNEP FI: Work Streams: Climate Change
		human-induced climate change is already occurring and future change is inevitable.
		Climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet requiring urgent action from all sections of society, and the finance sector is no exception.
		Recently issued scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, among others, have affirmed that most global warming over the past 50 years is attributable to human activities.
	www.unepfi.org /work_programme/climate_change (427 words)

	Climate Change and Birds Home Page
		The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] projects an increase in global mean temperature of between 1.4° and 5.8° C (2.7° to 10.8° F) by the year 2100 [Source: IPCC Synthesis Report, 2001].
		Recent regional changes in climate, particularly increases in temperature, have already affected terrestrial and marine ecosystems in many parts of the world.
		Significant disruptions to ecosystems from disturbances (e.g., fire, insect outbreaks) are expected to increase and changes in climate could also increase the probability of abrupt, non-linear changes in many ecosystems.
	www.abcbirds.org /climatechange (1334 words)

	BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change -- Oreskes 306 (5702): 1686 -- Science
		Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme, IPCC's purpose is to evaluate the state of climate science as a basis for informed policy action, primarily on the basis of peer-reviewed and published scientific literature (3).
		That hypothesis was tested by analyzing 928 abstracts, published in refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and listed in the ISI database with the keywords "climate change" (9).
		Some abstracts were deleted from our analysis because, although the authors had put "climate change" in their key words, the paper was not about climate change.
	www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686 (1071 words)

	Scientific opinion on climate change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The statement stresses that the scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action [2], and explicitly endorsed the IPCC consensus.
		The IPCC's conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current thinking of the scientific community on this issue.
		On May 2, 2006, the Federal Climate Change Science Program commissioned by the Bush administration in 2002 released the first of 21 assessments that concluded that there is clear evidence of human influences on the climate system (due to changes in greenhouse gases, aerosols, and stratospheric ozone) [6].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change (1870 words)

	Climate Change - IPCC Confirms Urgency of Climate Change
		As a part of these efforts, Patrick Gonzalez, one of the Conservancy's leading global climate change scientists and an expert reviewer for the latest IPCC report, is analyzing potential vegetation shifts due to global climate change.
		For example, he notes that climate change has caused vegetation zones that stretch across the entire African continent to shift 16-19 miles in the last half of the 20th century.
		Armed with information about what types of changes may occur, the Conservancy is also integrating climate change into conservation plans for specific sites or states and adapting conservation actions to account for future climate change.
	www.nature.org /initiatives/climatechange/features/art20047.html (687 words)

	Climate Change
		Because the climate naturally exhibits both statistical variability and long-term patterns of change, it remains difficult to distinguish "natural" from human-caused climate effects.
		Since climate change first appeared in the news, scientists have refined and to some extent moderated initial estimates of future warming.
		Computer-generated climate models have gradually improved their ability to generate today's known conditions when given data about the past - a crucial test of a model's accuracy regarding the future.
	www.repp.org /repp_pubs/articles/envImp/03climatechange.htm (2868 words)

	Climate Ark: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
		The purpose of the IPCC was to assess the state of knowledge on the various aspects of climate change including science, environmental and socio-economic impacts and response strategies.
		The IPCC is recognized as the most authoritative scientific and technical voice on climate change, and its assessments had a profound influence on the negotiators of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.
		The IPCC continues to provide governments with scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to evaluating the risks and developing a response to global climate change.
	www.climateark.org /overview/13.asp (241 words)

	International activities - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
		The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international panel of scientists and researchers that provides advice on climate change to the international community.
		Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis (WGI) is a summary of the scientific understanding of how climate has changed in the past and projections of how it will change in the future, including the uncertainties associated with both.
		Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (WGII) covers the negative and positive consequences of climate change for natural and human systems, including socio-economic factors and human health, on a regional basis.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /international/ipcc.html (655 words)

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