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The
Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report describes progress in understanding of the
human and natural drivers of climate change1, observed
climate change, climate processes and attribution,
and
estimates of projected future climate change.
It builds upon past IPCC assessments and incorporates
new findings from the past six years of research.
Scientific progress since the TAR is based upon large
amounts of new and more comprehensive data, more sophisticated
analyses of data, improvements in understanding of
processes and their simulation in models, and more
extensive exploration of uncertainty ranges.
The basis for substantive paragraphs in this Summary
for Policymakers can be found in the chapter sections
specified
in curly brackets.
- Report
of the 18th Session - (Wembley, September 2001)
- Report
of the 19th Session (Geneva, April 2002)
- Report
of the 20th Session (Paris, February 2003)
- Report
of the 21th Session (Vienna, November 2003)
- Report
of the 22th Session (New Delhi, November 2004)
- Report
of the 23th Session (Addis Ababa, April 2005)
- Report
of the 24th Session (Montreal, September 2005)
- Report
of the 25th Session (Port Louis, April 2006)
- Climate
Change 2007
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Climate
change and water adaptation issues
The impact of climate change on Europe's water resources
is a critical issue for peoples lives and the economy.
Even if emissions of greenhouse gases were stabilised
today, increases in temperature and the associated
impacts, including water availability and flooding,
will continue for many decades to come. Countries
are aware of these impacts and have started to adapt
to them but there is still much to do.
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