The Education section features the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) reports. Over 2500 scientific expert reviewers, 800 contributing authors, and 450 lead authors produced the approximately 3,000 pages of these reports that mostly summarize published peer-reviewed research, available for download free (see images below). Click here or here for more details.

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic consequences.

 The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis. Review is an essential part of the IPCC process, to ensure an objective and complete assessment of current information. Differing viewpoints existing within the scientific community are reflected in the IPCC reports.

The recent controversy manufactured by right-wing media over an isolated erroneous paragraph on glaciers in the second "Impacts" 1000-page 2007 IPCC report, as well as the hacked emails, are treated in links given at the end of the "Contrarians" essay; CLICK HERE.

Two recent IPCC statements have been issued: The role of the IPCC and key elements of the IPCC assessment process and Statement on IPCC principles and procedures.

Here is IPCC Supporting Material. Supporting material consists of published reports and proceedings from workshops and expert meetings within the scope of IPCC work programme that have IPCC recognition and material commissioned by Working Groups in support of IPCC assessment process which IPCC decides should have wide dissemination. Supporting material is prepared for consideration by the IPCC and has not been subject to the formal IPCC review process.

2007 IPCC Reports (available for download free)

Science	Impacts/Adaptation/Vulnerability	Mitigation	Synthesis

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