| P. W. Skelton - 2003 - 364 pages
...example, in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was established 'to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic...impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation' (http://www.ipcc.ch/). In this context, one might hope that past conditions on the Earth, when already... | |
| 2004 - 160 pages
...organization for the assessment of scientific, technical, and socioeconomic information relevant to the understanding of climate change, its potential...impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Recent DOS contributions to the IPCC provide substantial support for the Global Climate Observing System,... | |
| Jerry E. Smith - 2006 - 426 pages
...Organization (WMO) and The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the IPCC with the mission to "assess scientific, technical and socio-economic...impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation." The old phrase "too many cooks spoil the soup" comes to mind. I can't help but wonder if all these... | |
| Bill McKibben - 2007 - 230 pages
...government. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (www.ipcc.ch). Established by WMO and the UNEP to assess scientific, technical, and socioeconomic...impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation. It's Getting Hot in Here (itsgettinghotinhere.org). Dispatches from the global youth climate movement.... | |
| Ken Midkiff - 2010 - 224 pages
...response to reports from scientists around the planet that something was happening. Its specific charge is to "assess scientific, technical and socioeconomic...its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation."5 In its most recent report, the IPCC makes several matters quite clear: 1. Global warming... | |
| Arie S. Issar, Mattanyah Zohar - 2007 - 290 pages
...and UNEP established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The task of this panel is to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic...its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.16 H. Ritter-Kaplan "The Crisis of the Dryness in the 3rd Millennium BCE and Its Applications... | |
| Natalia Marshall - 2007 - 292 pages
...the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. The organisation assesses scientific, technical and socioeconomic information...impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. Enquiries IPCC Secretariat c/o World Meteorological Organization 7bis Avenue de la Paix CP 2300, CH-1211... | |
| R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, J. D. M. Gordon - 2007 - 560 pages
...on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007). The Fourth Assessment Report assesses scientific, technical and socioeconomic information...understanding of climate change, its potential impacts, and the options for adaptation and mitigation. An essential component of this report is climate change... | |
| Jonathan Robinson - 2007 - 928 pages
...Meteorological Organization to collect and assess scientific, technical and other information relevant to the understanding of climate change, its potential...impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. Since 1990, the IPCC has published three assessment reports and the fourth report is due in 2007. 2... | |
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