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♤ In accordance with its mandate and as reaffirmed in various decisions by the Panel, the IPCC prepares at regular intervals comprehensive Assessment Reports of scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of human induced climate change, potential impacts of climate change and options for mitigation and adaptation.
♤ Assessment Reports are normally published in several volumes, one for each of the Working Groups of the IPCC and, subject to the decision by the Panel, a Synthesis Report.
♤ They are written in a non-technical style suitable for policymakers. They are composed of a longer report and a Summary for Policymakers.
♤ Five Assessment Reports have been completed in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007, 2014.
AR5 Contents
♤ Compared with previous reports, the AR5 has put greater emphasis on assessing the socio-economic aspects of climate change and implications for sustainable development, risk management and the framing of a response through both adaptation and mitigation.
♤ The AR5 comprise the full reports prepared by the Working Groups (I, II and III) as well as the Synthesis Report.
♤ Key AR5 cross-cutting themes are:
♤ Water and the Earth System: Changes, Impacts and Responses;
♤ Carbon Cycle including Ocean Acidification;
♤ Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Rise;
♤ Mitigation, Adaptation and Sustainable Development; and
♤ Article 2 of the UNFCCC (see UNFCCC for definition).
Special Reports
♤ Special Reports have been prepared on topics such as aviation, regional impacts of climate change, technology transfer, emissions scenarios, land use, land use change and forestry, carbon dioxide capture and storage and on the relationship between safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system.
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