The world is getting warmer, both in the atmosphere and in the oceans. The year 2005 was the warmest year in over a century, according to a recent NASA report (2006A). Data gathered from 1995 to 2006 have revealed that 11 of the past 12 years have ranked among the 12 warmest years in the instrumental record. Observations since 1961 have shown that the average ocean temperature has increased to ...

Supporting material prepared for consideration by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This supporting material has not been subject to formal IPCC review process. Preface The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) completed its Second Assessment Report in 1995. The IPCC has three Working Groups that focus on different aspects of climate change, viz. natural science, impacts...

The most recent report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided compelling evidence on the effect of human release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and deforestation on the global climate change. 1 The IPCC estimate that since the mid-19th century there has been an increase in average temperature of 0.6 C, most of this increase occurring at the end...

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This summary was accepted but not approved in detail at the Sixth Session of IPCC Working Group III (Accra, Ghana • 28 February 3 March 2001). “Acceptance” of IPCC reports at a session of the Working Group or Panel signifies that the material has not been subject to line-by-line discussion and agreement, but nevertheless presents a comprehensive, objective, and balanced view of the subject matter.

Consult with the IPCC about the feasibility of the IPCC providing information to the SBSTA at its twelfth session on the applicability of regional climate models at the scale of small island states. Issues to be considered could include: projected sea-level rise; storm surges; projected atmospheric temperature changes; sea surface temperatures; climate variability; rainfall; changes in global c...

1. The IPCC Working Groups on scientific analysis (Working Group I), impacts (Working Group II) and response strategies (Working Group 111) were established in November 1988 and proceeded to work in parallel under instructions from IPCC. The responsibility of Working Group II is to describe the environmental and socio-economic implications of possible climate changes over the next decades cause...