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• Climate Change 2007:  The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, including

  • The Physical Science Basis, the IPCC Working Group I contribution

  • Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the IPCC Working Group II contribution

  • Mitigation of Climate Change, the IPCC Working Group III contribution

  • Synthesis Report

  (Available on-line at http://www.ipcc.ch as .html and Acrobat .pdf files)

Readings for second-week meeting:

Science and Nature Special Reports on the Fourth Assessment:

• "From words to action...." (Nature, 8 Feb 2007)
• "Scientists tell policymakers...." (Science, 9 Feb 2007)
• "Climate takes aim...." (Nature, 12 Apr 2007)
• "Global warming is changing the world...." (Science, 13 Apr 2007)
• "Climate panel offers grounds for optimism...." (Nature, 10 May 2007)
• "IPCC Report lays out options...." (Science, 11 May 2007)

IPCC "10-th Anniversary" Brochure http://www.ipcc.ch/about/about.htm

Collins, W., R. Colman, J. Haywood, M. Manning, and P. W. Mote. 2007. The physical science behind climate change. Scientific American (August (2007)):64-73. [.pdf]