Climate Change 2007: The Physical Basis of Climate Change

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Originator: IPCC Working Group I

Publication_Date: 2007

Title: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Basis of Climate Change

Edition: 2007

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Publication_Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Publisher: IPCC Working Group I

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Online_Linkage: http://www.ipcc.ch/

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was organized in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Four series of reports were published: one in 1990 called the 'Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment', one in 1992 called 'Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment', and a set of three reports in 1996 called '1995: The Second Assessment Report'. In 2001, the fourth series was released - The Third Assessment: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, which consists of four documents. These reports were the result of hundreds of scientists from over 25 countries to make the most authoritative and strongly supported statement on climate change ever made by the international scientific community. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Summary for Policymakers was published 2 February 2007. A print version of the AR4 will be published at a later date, however a PDF version of the AR4 is available from http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html. The "Impacts, Adaptations, and Vulnerability" Report was published 6 April 2007. All of the Assessments are available through the IPCC: http://www.ipcc.ch/

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REFERENCE: Houghton, J.T., G.J. Jenkins and J.J. Ephraums, eds. 1990. 'Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment', Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press (avail through UCAR/OIES at 303-497-2696).

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REFERENCE: Houghton, J.T., B.A. Callander, and S.K. Varney, eds. 1992. 'Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment', Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.

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REFERENCE: Houghton, J.T., L.G. Meiro Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg and K. Maskell, eds. 1996. Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press, 584 pp.

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REFERENCE: Watson, R.T., M.C. Zinyowera, and R.H. Moss, eds. 1996. Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 880 pp.

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REFERENCE: Bruce, J. Hoesung Lee and E. Haites, eds. 1996. Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group III to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 464 pp.

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REFERENCE: Hughton, J.T., Y. Ding, D.J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P.J. van der Linden, X. Dai, K. Maskell, and C.A. Johnson (eds.) 2001. Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, 881 pp.

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