IPPC 4th Assessment Reports (2007)

About IPCC
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was established in 1988 World by the Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. More...

16th Anniversary (2004) brochure - describes the history of the IPCC & major achievements.

IPPC 4th Assessment Reports (2007)

Synthesis Report (AR4)


FULL REPORT
Summary for Policymakers

The Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report is based on the assessment carried out by the three Working Groups of the IPCC. It provides an integrated view of climate change and addresses the following topics:

• Observed changes in climate and their effects
• Causes of change
• Climate change and its impacts in the near and long term under different scenarios
• Adaptation and mitigation options and responses, and the interrelationship with sustainable development, at global and regional levels
• The long-term perspective: scientific and socio-economic aspects relevant to adaptation and mitigation, consistent with the objectives and provisions of the Convention, and in the context of sustainable development
• Robust findings, key uncertainties

Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"


FULL REPORT
Summary for Policymakers & Technical Summary

The IPCC Working Group I (WG1) assesses the physical scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change. More...

WG1 Technical Support Unite web page: http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu

Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability


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Summary for Policymakers & Technical Summary

The IPCC Working Group II assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive consequences of climate change, and options for adapting to it. More...

WG2 Technical Support Unite web page : http://www.ipcc-wg2.org

Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change"


FULL REPORT
Summary for Policymakers & Technical Summary

The IPCC WG3 assesses options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing activities that remove them from the atmosphere. More...

WG3 Technical Support Unit web page: http://www.mnp.nl/ipcc/

Hard copies of all above reports are available from Cambridge University Press