Climate change assessments to date

Earth Science 1March 27, 2012

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, www.ipcc.ch)

• First Assessment Report (FAR), 1990:http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/1992%20IPCC%20Supplement/IPCC_1990_and_1992_Assessments/English/ipcc_90_92_assessments_far_overview.pdf

• Second Assessment Report (SAR), 1995:http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/climate-changes-1995/ipcc-2nd-assessment/2nd-assessment-en.pdf

• Third Assessment Report (TAR), 2001:http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/english/pdf/wg1spm.pdf

• Fourth Assessment Report (FAR), 2007:http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html

US National Assessments

• US Global Change Research Program (http://www.globalchange.gov/)– First national assessment, 2000http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/previous-assessments/the-first-national-assessment-2000

- Synthesis and assessment reports (various dates)http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/saps

– Second national assessment: Global change impacts in the US, 2009

http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/previous-assessments/global-climate-change-impacts-in-the-us-2009

– Third national assessment: in process, due 2013.

US Regional Assessments

• Usually the National Assessments require an a concurrent regional assessment as well:– 2000, 2009, currently preparing 2013.– Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) regional

reports (www.climatechoices.org):• California (2006)• Northeast (2007)

Interesting books on the subject

• Science as a Contact SportBy Stephen Schneider

• The Climate WarBy Eric Pooley

• The hockey stick and the climate warsBy Michael Mann