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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. It is currently finalizing its Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007." On February 1, Working Group I of the IPCC adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of “Climate Change 2007."

Future abrupt reductions in the summer Arctic sea ice, by Marika M. Holland, Cecilia M. Bitz, and Bruno Tremblay, in Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, 2006.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The second meeting of the Parties to Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) and twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 6 - 17, 2006. The Conference was attended by six thousand participantes from one hundred eighty countries.
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Polar Bears May Be Listed as Endangered Species: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS) has proposed a rule to list the Polar Bear as endangered under the Endangered Species Act due to loss of habitat from Arctic ice melt. See Federal Register, vol. 71, No. 27, January 9, 2007.

CRS Report for Congress: Global Climate Change: Major Scientific Issues and Policies
from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, published August 2007
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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
Report by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service, United Kingdom, on the economics of climate change and development. Released 30 October, 2006

Impact of Climate Warming on Polar Ice Sheets Confirmed
Report by NASA: "In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's largest storehouse of ice and snow."
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/ice_sheets.html

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