Intl. Scientific Assessment of Major Global Environmental Issues
Global Environmental Issue Assessment
Climate Change Climate Change 1990:
First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

  • The IPCC Scientific Assessment (Working Group I)
  • The IPCC Impacts Assessment (Working Group II)
  • The IPCC Response Strategies (Working Group III)

    Climate Change 1992:

  • The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (WG I)
  • The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Impacts Assessment (WG II)

    Climate Change 1995:
    Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

  • The Science of Climate Change (WG I)
  • Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses (WG II)
  • Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change (WG III)
  • The IPCC Second Assessment Synthesis of Scientific-Technical Information Relevant to Interpreting Article 2 of the UNFCCC 1995

    Technical Papers and Special Reports:

  • Technologies, Policies and Measures for Mitigating Climate Change 1996 (WG II): Technical Paper I
  • An Introduction to Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report 1997 (WG I): Technical Paper II
  • Stabilization of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: Physical, Biological, and Socio- economic Implications l997 (WG I): Technical Paper III
  • Implications of Proposed CO, Emission Limitations l997 (WG I): Technical Paper IV
  • The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability 1998 (WG II): Special Report
    • Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
    1. The Stratosphere l981: Theory and Measurements, I 982.
    2. Atmospheric Ozone 1985: Assessment of Our Understanding of the Processes Controlling its Present Distribution and Change, 1986.
    3. Report of the International Ozone Trends Panel, l988, 1990.
    4. UNEP/WNO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, l989, 1990.
    5. UNEP/WNO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, 1991, 1992.
    6. Methyl Bromide: Its Atmospheric Science, Technology, and Economics, 1992.
    7. UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, l994, l995.
    8. UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, 1998.
    Desertification UNEP, WMO: Interactions of Desertification and Climate, I 996.
    Freshwater Degradation UN/SEI: Comprehensive Freshwater Assessment, 1997.
    Deforestation and Forest degradation FAO: Forests Resources Assessment, 1990.
    Marine Environment and Resource Degradation FAO: State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 1996.
    Persistent Organic Pollutants Ongoing POPs Assessment.
    Biodiversity Loss UNEP: Global Biodiversity Assessment, 1995.


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