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IPCCnews Issue 1

Issue 1 - January 2010

IPCCnews reports about calls and progresses in assessment reports and special reports.

Teaser: IPCCnews Issue 1

Topics covered in this issue:

  • Moving towards the IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report
  • Who will be the authors of the next IPCC Assessment report? - The call for nominations is now out!
  • Calendar of key scheduled AR5 expert meetings in 2010:
  • IPCC Special Report - Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
  • IPCC Special Report - Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
  • Task force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI)
  • Statements issued about specific findings in the AR4 :
    • Statements on the hacking of the East Anglia University email communications
    • Statement on the melting of the Himalayan glaciers
    • Statement on trends in disaster losses

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