IPCC publications

All the publications by IPCC

The IPCC produces Assessment Reports, Special Reports, Technical Papers, Methodology Reports and Supporting Material (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data.htm).

Assessment Reports

IPCC Assessment Reports are comprehensive and up-to-date assessments of policy-relevant scientific, technical and socio-economic information significant for the understanding of human induced climate change, potential impacts of climate change and options for mitigation and adaptation. Each Report generally includes the full assessments by the IPCC Working Groups (WGI, WGII, WGIII), related Summaries for Policymakers and a Synthesis Report.

The First Assessment Report (FAR) was completed in 1990, the Second Assessment Report (SAR) in 1995, the Third Assessment Report (TAR) in 2001 and the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) in 2007 (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm).

The IPCC is currently starting to outline its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) which will be finalized in 2014. The new assessment will take into account recent scientific and policy developments and will be organized around a revised set of socio-economic, climate and environmental scenarios.

Special Reports

Special Reports on specific topics are produced by the IPCC typically upon request by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or other relevant Organizations (e.g. UNCBD, UNCCD).

Special Reports have been published on: Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry; Emissions Scenario; Technology Transfer; Aviation and the Global Atmosphere; Regional Impacts of Climate Change. The two latest Special Reports, completed in 2005, cover: Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System, and Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm).

Technical Papers

Technical Papers are prepared on topics for which an objective, international scientific/technical perspective is considered essential. They must be elaborated based on material already in IPCC Assessment Reports and Special Reports.

After the approval of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the release of a Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water is planned (end of 2007) (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_technical_papers.htm).

Methodology Reports

Methodology Reports collect IPCC Technical and management Guidelines on methods, principles and rules for various themes including: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations. Among the recent such publications: Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm).

Supporting material

The IPCC also publishes on its web site (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_supporting_material.htm) supporting material consisting of published reports and proceedings from workshops and IPCC expert meetings, in order to give them wide dissemination in support of IPCC whole work process. The “IPCC Workshop on New Emission Scenarios” Report of the Workshop (Laxenburg, Austria, 29 June - 1 July 2005) is an example of this kind of publications.

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