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IPCC Expert Meeting on New Scenarios Held in Netherlands
Date: September 19–21, 2007
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Expert Meeting on New Scenarios will be held in
Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. At this meeting, the development of scenarios for a possible Fifth Assessment Report by the IPCC will be undertaken by the scientific community.
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Full IPCC Fourth Assessment Reports (AR4) Now Available Online
Date: September 5, 2007
In addition to the hard copy publications available through Cambridge Press, IPCC now has electronic versions of the full Fourth Assessment Reports (AR4) available online:
Working Group I Report: The Physical Science Basis
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Working Group II Report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
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Working Group III Report: Mitigation of Climate Change
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Vienna UN Conference Reaches Consensus on Climate Change Response
Date: August 31, 2007
A round of climate change talks under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in Austria. Agreement was reached on key elements for an effective international response to climate change.
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Latest IPCC Report of Released at Bangkok Meeting
Date: May 4, 2007
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Bangkok, has released the report Mitigation of Climate Change. The Report, an output of the ninth session of the Working Group III meeting in Bangkok, urges a timely response to global warming but stresses that such measures need not be expensive. Two scenarios for reduction of greenhouse emissions are offered, one with greater impact to nations’ Gross National Product (GNP). The IPCC will release a fourth report in Valencia Spain in November 2007. The IPCC, composed of more than 2,000 specialists from more than 130 nations, was established in 1988 by the United Nations to guide government responses to climate change.
IPCC Working Group II Releases Report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Date: April 6, 2007
The second of a series of reports on global climate change has been released in Brussels by the Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, suggests that severe food and water shortages, and other related issues, could be the result of rising temperatures, and that these rises were already causing global impacts.
First Report of IPCC Working Group Released: The Physical Science Basis
Date: Feb 2, 2007
The Physical Science Basis, a report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I, was released in Paris. The report, the first of a series of reports of the 4th Assessment (AR4) of the IPCC, provides an overview of global warming and says it is highly probable that global warming is caused by human activities.
United Nations Climate Change Conference—Nairobi
Date: September 28, 2006
Kenya will host the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi November 6–17, 2006. The conference will also include, from November 6 to 14, the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 25), the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 25), and the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 2). The second workshop under the dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention (the Dialogue) will be held from November 15 to 16.
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UNFCCC African Regional Workshop on Adaptation Held in Accra
Date: September 26, 2006
The African Regional Workshop on Adaptation was held in Accra, Ghana, from September 21-23, 2006. The workshop aimed at facilitating exchange of information and integrated assessments in order to assist in identifying Africa’s needs and concerns related to adaptation. About 60 participants, including representatives of 33 African Parties, 10 Annex I Parties and a number of international, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, participated in the workshop. Mr. William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, chaired the workshop on behalf of SBI Chair Mr. Thomas Becker of Denmark.
IPCC Public Letter to the Scientific Community Regarding Scenario Development
Date: September 16, 2006
IPCC recently released a public letter to the scientific community requesting information regarding activities in scenario development.
Climate Change Web Site Released
Date: May 31, 2006
The Web site Global Geographical Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change has been released by CIESIN. It features the report “A Synthetic Assessment of the Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change from the IPCC Perspective that Reflects Exposure and Adaptive Capacity” and a complete set of downloadable global distribution maps and data. Scientists and researchers from Wesleyan University, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland Joint Research Center for Global Change (JRCGC), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Columbia University together conducted the assessment, which seeks to advance the understanding of the nature of climate change risks and vulnerabilities. The report and the maps and data are available for download on the Web site.
IPCC on Emission Scenarios
Date: April 28, 2006
IPCC made its final decision in its 25th Session in Mauritius on April 28, 2006 regarding further work of the IPCC on Emission Scenarios.
