Editors: Susan Solomon ...[et al] Description: The Physical Science Basis is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific assessment of past, present and future climate change. This report has been produced by some 600 authors from 40 countrie...Read More

Editors: Habiba Gitay ...[et al] Description: At the global level, human activities have caused and will continue to cause a loss in biodiversity1 through, inter alia, land-use and land cover change, soil and water pollution and degradation, and a...Read More

Editors: Christopher B Field ...[et al] Description: The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC will include comprehensive coverage of ocean acidification and its impacts, including potential feedbacks to the climate system. The workshop convened exp...Read More

Editors: Ottmar Edenhofer ...[et al] Description: An important goal of the upcoming 5th IPCC Assessment Report (AR5) will be improved coherence across the three IPCC Working Groups. Helping to achieve this goal, the IPCC Workshop on Socioeconomic ...Read More

Editors: Christopher B. Field ...[et al] Description: This meeting report summarizes the content and perspectives presented and discussed during the meeting. It provides summaries of breakout group discussions of key topics and synthetic themes as...Read More

Editors: Thomas F Stocker ...[et al] Description: During the process of scoping and approving the outline of its fifth Assessment report the IPCC focused on those aspects of the current understanding of the science of climate change that were judg...Read More

Authors: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme Description: Scientific evidence linking chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting substances to global ozone depletion led to the initial control of c...Read More

Editor: Ottmar Edenhofer ...[et al] Description: Geoengineering or the deliberate largescale manipulation of the planetary environment is increasingly being discussed as a potential strategy to counteract anthropogenic climate change. Prevailin...Read More

Editors: Thomas Stocker ...[et al] Description: Climate model results provide the basis for projections of future climate change and increasing numbers of models are likely to contribute to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental P...Read More

Prepared by: Pacific Resilience Program Description: This case study draws on the findings from a recent formal review of RMI’s experience and disaster risks. This case study draws on the findings from a recent formal review of RMi’s experienc...Read More