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  • Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
    Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Heleen de Coninck, Manuela Loos and Leo Meyer (Eds.)
    Soon available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND


    Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland.
    A vailable from the IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
    SPM | TS | Full report in English
    SPM+TS in Arabic I Chinese I French I Spanish I Russian.
    Also soon available on CD-ROM
  • Special Report on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons
    Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Bert Metz, Lambert Kuijpers, Susan Solomon, Stephen O. Andersen, Ogunlade Davidson, José Pons, David de Jager, Tahl Kestin, Martin Manning, and Leo Meyer (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 478.
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Full Report in English

    Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland.
    Available from the IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
    SPM | TS I Full Report in English
    SPM+TS in Arabic I Chinese I French I Spanish I Russian.
    Also soon available on CD-ROM

 

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  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report
        
                                                                                         Important correction
    Stand-alone edition
    Watson, R.T. and the Core Writing Team (Eds.)
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 184
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English (OUT OF PRINT), French, Spanish and Russian
    SPM in Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Spanish | Russian
    SYR in
    Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Spanish | Russian
  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report
                                                                                              Important correction 
    A contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Watson, R.T. and the Core Writing Team (Eds.)
    Contains the Synthesis Report itself, the Summaries for Policymakers and Technical Summaries of the three Working Group volumes, and supporting Annexes.
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 398
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
  • TARClimate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis
    Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
    J. T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D.J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P. J. van der Linden and D. Xiaosu (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 944
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

    Summary for Policymakers (SPM) and Technical Summary (TS)
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 98
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in English (OUT OF PRINT).
    SPM | TS | Full report in English
    SPM + TS in
    Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish | Russian


  • TARClimate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability
    Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

    James J. McCarthy, Osvaldo F. Canziani, Neil A. Leary, David J. Dokken and Kasey S. White (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 1000
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

    Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 89
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in English (OUT OF PRINT).
    SPM | TS | Full report in English
    SPM + TS in
    Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish | Russian



  • TARClimate Change 2001: Mitigation
    Contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
    Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Rob Swart and Jiahua Pan
    (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 700
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

    Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 72
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in English (OUT OF PRINT).
    SPM | TS | Full report in English
    SPM + TS in Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish | Russian

 

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  • Special ReportMethodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer. 2000
    Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Jan-Willem Martens, Sascha Van Rooijen and Laura Van Wie Mcgrory (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 432
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Also available on CD-ROM

    Summary for Policymakers
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp8.
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English
    (OUT OF PRINT), French, Spanish and Russian.
    SPM in English | French | Spanish | Russian



  • Special ReportEmissions Scenarios. 2000
    Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Rob Swart (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 570
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Also available on CD-ROM

    Summary for Policymakers
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 20.
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
    SPM in
    English | French | Spanish | Russian


  • Special ReportLand Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. 2000
    Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Robert T. Watson, Ian R. Noble, Bert Bolin, N. H. Ravindranath, David J. Verardo and David  J. Dokken (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 375
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Also available on CD-ROM

    Summary for Policymakers
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp20.
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
    SPM in English | French | Spanish | Russian
  • Special ReportAviation and the Global Atmosphere.1999
    A Special Report of IPCC Working Groups I and III in collaboration with the Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
    J.E.Penner, D.H.Lister, D.J.Griggs, D.J.Dokken, M.McFarland (Eds.)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 373
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Also available on CD-ROM

    Summary for Policymakers
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp12.
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian
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    SPM in Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish


  • Special ReportThe Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability.1997
    A Special Report of IPCC Working group II
    R.T.Watson, M.C.Zinyowera, R.H.Moss (Eds)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 517

    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND
    Also available on CD-ROM

    Summary for Policymakers
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 16
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Chinese and French – N.B. Arabic, English, Spanish and Russian (OUT OF PRINT).

    SPM in Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish

 

bull.gif (75 bytes)IPCC Second Assessment Report: Climate Change 1995

  • Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change
    Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    JT Houghton, LG Meira Filho, BA Callender, N Harris, A Kattenberg and K Maskell (Eds)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 572

    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

Summary for Policymakers
IPCC/WMO/UNEP, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell. pp 56
Available from  WGI Technical Support Unit

  • Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses
    Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    R.T.Watson, M.C.Zinyowera, R.H.Moss (Eds)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 878

    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

Summary for Policymakers
IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland.
pp 22
Available from  IPCC Secretariat. (OUT OF PRINT)

  • Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change
    Contribution of Working Group III to the Second Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    J.P.Bruce, H.Lee, E.F.Haites (Eds)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 448

    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

Summary for Policymakers

 

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  • Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emissions Scenarios
    JT Houghton, LG Meira Filho, J Bruce, Hoesung Lee, BA Callander, E
    Haites, N Harris and K Maskell (Eds)
    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 339

    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU ENGLAND

  • IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations with a Summary for Policy Makers and a Technical Summary
    T.R.Carter, M.L.Parry, H.Harasawa, S.Nishioka
    Department of Geography, University College London, UK and the Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. pp 59
    Available from IPCC Secretariat. (OUT OF PRINT)

  • IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
    (3 volumes), 1994. Out of print, replaced by 1996 Revised Guidelines.

  • Summaries for Policymakers and Other Summaries – IPCC Special Report 1994
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 53
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English (OUT OF PRINT), French, Spanish and Russian. 

 

bull.gif (75 bytes)IPCC Supplement.1992
   Supporting scientific material was published in addition to the 1992 IPCC Supplement

  • Climate Change 1992 - The Supplementary Report to The IPCC Scientific Assessment 
    JT Houghton, BA Callander and SK Varney (Eds)

    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 205
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 2RU.

Summary for Policymakers
IPCC/WMO/UNEP, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell.
Available from WGI Technical Support Unit.

  • Climate Change 1992 - The Supplementary Report to The IPCC Impacts Assessment
    W.J.McG Tegart, G.W.Sheldon (Eds)
    Australian Government Publishing Service. pp 112.
    Available from Australian Government Publishing Service Marketing Section GPO Box 84 Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA

 

bull.gif (75 bytes)Climate Change: The IPCC 1990 and 1992 Assessments
   IPCC First Assessment Overview and Policymaker Summaries and 1992 IPCC Supplement,
    IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 168
    Available from IPCC Secretariat in Chinese, English*, French, Russian* and Spanish;
    (English and Russian OUT OF PRINT),
    Photocopies only in Arabic

 

bull.gif (75 bytes)IPCC First Assessment Report.1990
    It was published in three volumes, each with a Summary for Policymakers

  • Scientific Assessment of Climate change – Report of Working Group I
    JT Houghton, GJ Jenkins and JJ Ephraums (Eds)

    Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 365
    Available from Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 2RU (or good bookshops)

Summary for Policymakers
IPCC/WMO/UNEP, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell. pp 26
Available from  WGI Technical Support Unit

  • Impacts Assessment of Climate Change – Report of Working Group II
    W.J.McG Tegart, G.W.Sheldon, D.C.Griffiths (Eds)
    Australian Government Publishing Service , Australia
    Available from Australian Government Publishing Service Marketing Section GPO Box 84, Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA

Summary for Policymakers
IPCC/WMO/UNEP, Australian Government Publishing Service. pp 32
Available from IPCC Secretariat  (OUT OF PRINT)

  • The IPCC Response Strategies – Report of Working Group III
    Island Press, USA. pp 270
    Available from Island Press P.O. Box 7 Covelo CA 95428 USA



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