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The AR4 Synthesis
Report


 
WG I
The Physical Science Basis


 
WG II
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
 
WG III
Mitigation of Climate Change


 

  IPCC at the UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - COP 15
 
  

 
Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 2009

Speech by the IPCC Chairman
       Mr R.K. Pachauri at the
       Welcoming Ceremony
 
Side Event on "IPCC Findings and
Activities and their Relevance for the
UNFCCC Process" ,
8 December 2009

Agenda
Presentations
  Watch the webcast
  Photo: Hasse Ferrold

12 December 2009
IPCC PRESS BRIEFING
"On the road to the next Report"
  Watch the webcast
16 December 2009
PRESS CONFERENCE to launch
"The IPCC Climate Education Programme"
Invitation  - Leaflet
Remarks of Mr Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General,
      delivered by Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland
Watch the webcast

REPORTS OF IPCC WORKSHOPS AND EXPERT MEETINGS
 


  The IPCC Expert Meeting on the Science of Alternative  Metrics was held in Oslo, Norway,
18-20 March 2009.        
Meeting Report




  The IPCC TGICA Expert Meeting - Integrating Analysis of Regional Climate Change and Response Options
was held in Denarau Island, Nadi, Fiji,
20-22 June 2007.
Meeting Report

   


IPCC NEWSLETTER

 

 


Issue 1 - January 2010

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News


  IPCC statement on trends in disaster losses
Issued on 25 January 2010

  Melting of Himalayan glaciers:
IPCC statement
Issued on 20 January 2010

  IPCC Special Report on
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
List of Lead Authors
     More ...

 The IPCC is very pleased that:

 Dr Christopher Field, Co-chair
      Working Group II,  receives a
      Heinz Award for his contributions
      toward understanding the
      impacts of climate change on the
      earth’s ecosystems.
       Read more

 Sir John T. Houghton, Co-chair
     of IPCC Working Group I from
     1988 to 2002, receives
     "Albert Einstein" World Award
      of Science
       RMetS press release
       World Cultural Council



IPCC 31st Plenary Session
Bali, Indonesia

 

 

26-29 October 2009


Approved outlines of WG contributions to AR5

  Doc. 19 - WG I - Outline
  Doc. 20, Rev. 1 - WG II -
       Outline
  Doc. 21 - WG III - Outline

Draft Report of the 31st Session (PDF)