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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


 

Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water
 
The Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water was released in June 2008.

  FULL REPORT

Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
   
Alternative Metrics - Meeting report
 
The IPCC Expert Meeting on the Science of Alternative Metrics was held in Oslo, Norway, 18-20 March 2009.

  MEETING REPORT

English

Vacancies
 


IPCC Secretariat   

 

Deputy Secretary of the IPCC,     
     D-1



 

IPCC WGI TSU   

Science Officer



  
Scoping Meeting for
the IPCC 5th Assessment
Report (AR5)

Venice, Italy

13-17 July 2009


Scoping Document


Governments are invited to provide comments by 21 August 2009

  
  
IPCC News
  

 On 9 July 2009, the
      IPCC Peace Scholarship Fund
      was opened for donations.
      We gratefully acknowledge the
      first contribution by
      Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland.

  


IPCC
31th Plenary Session
Bali, Indonesia
 

26 - 29 October 2009