...the IPCC drew the following oft-quoted conclusion in its Second Assessment Report published in 1996: 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate' (IPCC 1996a). The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC strengthened the scientific basis for believing...

...years is attributed to human activities. The 1995 IPCC climatescience assessment report concluded: "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." Although many of the sources of uncertainty identified in 1995 still remain to some degree, new evidence...

...appreciable human influence on global climate'. By the time the meeting finished, the same title read 'The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate'. As for the header right at the top of the executive summary, 'Significant new findings since IPCC 1990',...

...the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities. The SAR concluded: "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate". That report also noted that the anthropogenic signal was still emerging from the background of natural...

...nature is quite uncertain. 16 Humans Are Changing the Climate In 1995, the IPCC assessment concluded that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." 17 Since then the evidence has become much stronger-the recent record warmth of the 1990's, the historical...

...factors (eg increases in greenhouse gas concentrations). 16 The second IPCC assessment report concluded, "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." 17 The third report has increased the certainty that humans are responsible, noting that there is "new...

...principle knowledge claim made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — its statement on "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." The discursive positionings of the relevant players in the climate change debate could be mapped. In...

...that human activities were contributing to the problem. Their 1995 Second Assessment Report concluded: "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate". The response of the international community was to negotiate, sign and ratify the United Nations Framework...

...much uncertainty. A sentence carefully crafted by the meeting was unanimously agreed by the delegates: 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate'. Following the 1995 Report, the IPCC produced several Technical Papers in order to answer particular...

...conclusion regarding anthropogenic changes could be made. The corresponding statement in IPCC (1995) 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate. Any human-induced effect on climate will be superimposed on the background 'noise' of natural climate...