...Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of 2500 scientists from 100 countries, concluded that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." Effects of Global Warming The effects of global warming could be devastating. The Intergovernmental...

...every corner of the globe, summed up their findings in this dry but historic bit of understatement: "The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." That is to say, we are heating up the planet — substantially. If we don't reduce emissions of carbon...

...consensus about climate change over the past decade. Their 1995 Summary for Policymakers stated that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate."9 Their 2001 summary strengthened this, to say "There is new and stronger evidence that most...

...Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges global warming, reporting that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." 1997 Kyoto Protocol, international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases using fixed targets, emissions...

...Geneva in 1996, countries endorsed the IPCC's second assessment report (which, again, concluded that 'the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate') and called for a legally binding protocol with specific targets and timetables for reductions of GHG...

...levels.42 In December 1995, the IPCC's Second Assessment Report emphasized the need for action by declaring 'the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate' and that states could adopt measures to combat this trend. The Kyoto negotiations In December 1997,...

...assessment, which concluded with even more certainty than its predecessor that "the balance of the evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." The report also reiterated that a 60-80 percent reduction in CO2 emissions would be necessary just...

...role. These efforts led to the famous statement in the Third Assessment Report (Houghton et al. 1996): "The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." However, for specific regions and impact variables, successful detection has rarely been claimed. With...

...long term natural variability and time-evolving patterns of forcing by, and response to, changes in concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, and...is a discernible human influence on global climate. " — From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 1996, p. 5). Italics added for emphasis....

...long term natural variability and the time-evolving pattern of forcing by, and response to, changes in concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, and...is a discernible human influence on global climate" [34]. Following a series of negotiating sessions, the text of the Framework Convention on Climate Change...