Implications for us national security of anticipated climate. On friday, 12 december 2014, iisd reporting services, through its earth negotiations bulletin enb, covered the lima climate change conference december 2014, which runs. An ipcc special report on the impacts of global warming of 1. Intergovernmental panel on climate change wikipedia. This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the united states. The first part explains such terms as climate, climate change, climate change adaptation, remote sensing rs and geographical information systems gis. Explore how climate change affects you and your family. In reading this chapter, it needs to be borne in mind. Jul 01, 2014 report of the first regular session of the united nations system chief executives board for coordination for 20 ceb what climate change means for africa, asia and the coastal poor wb annual report 2012 ifad smallholders, food security, and the environment ifad. Fifth assessment report synthesis report climate change. The fifth assessment report ar5 of the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc is the fifth in a series of such reports. Panel on climate change is launching the full version of its contribution to the ipcc fifth assessment report climate change 2014. The ipcc was established in 1988 by the world meteorological organization wmo and the united nations environment programme unep to assess scientific, technical and socioeconomic information concerning climate change, its potential effects and.
This report includes information relevant to article 2 of the united. Iom outlook on migration, environment and climate change is an institutional publication led by the migration, environment and climate change mecc team of the international organization for migration iom, drawing on the work undertaken throughout the organization. Climate change exposes people, societies, economic sectors and ecosystems to risk. United nations framework convention on climate change united nations high commissioner for refugees. The intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc is an intergovernmental body of the united nations that is dedicated to providing the world with objective, scientific information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risk of humaninduced climate change, its natural, political, and economic impacts and risks, and possible response options. The pdf is the official version of the 2014 national climate assessment. The uns climate science panel today published its report on what impacts climate change is having on humans and the natural world, and what.
The millennium development goals report 2014 united nations. This report had effects not only on the establishment of the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc, but also on. The first assessment report far of the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc was completed in 1990. Nations framework convention on climate change unfccc. Greenhouse gas ghg emissions from human activity and livestock are a significant driver of climate change, trapping heat in the earths atmosphere and. The fifth report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change confirms that climate change is caused by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.
The full report of the national climate assessment provides an indepth look at climate change impacts on the u. This latest fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and policy makers in environmental science, meteorology, climatology, biology, ecology, atmospheric chemistry and. This report presents an assessment of the expected effects on a subset of these health outcomes, for which quantitative evidence is available at the global level. It represents the first of two volumes of the fourth national climate assessment, mandated by the global change research act of 1990. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations rome, 2016 2016 the state of food and agriculture climate change, agriculture and food security. Greenhouse gas ghg emissions from human activity and livestock are a significant driver of climate change, trapping heat in the earths atmosphere and triggering global warming. Climate change 2014 the synthesis report syr of the ipcc fifth assessment report ar5 provides an overview of the state of knowledge concerning the science of climate change, emphasizing new results since the publication of the ipcc fourth assessment report ar4 in 2007. In the intelligence communitys ic analysis of the possible impacts of climate change on national security over the next 20 years, the ic takes as a scientific baseline the reports produced by the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc, the international body responsible for assessing the science related to climate change. It details the multitude of ways climate change is already affecting and will increasingly affect the lives of americans. The ipcc was established in 1988 by the world meteorological organization wmo and the united nations environment programme unep to assess scientific, technical and socioeconomic information concerning climate change, its potential effects. Climate change food and agriculture organization of the. Earlier today in south korea, the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc published its longawaited special report on 1. It served as the basis of the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc.
When quoting, citing or distributing the synthesis report, its spm or its individual sections, please provide the full reference. When the united nations last major climate change report was released in april. Panel on climate change is launching the full version of its contribution to the ipcc fifth assessment report climate. Contribution of working groups i, ii and iii to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change core writing team, r. The climate change agenda has risen substantially in global and national importance and the topic has thus been given a dedicated chapter in this 2. Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. Floods, extreme rainfall, droughts and melting glaciersmany of the major signs of climate change involve water. Among other impacts, climate change negatively affects peoples rights to health, housing, water and. In 1992, its earth summit produced the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc as a first step in.
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