Climate change - the facts - the IPCC

If you want to know what the global scientific consensus is on climate change you need to read the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the IPCC. During 2007 they published 4 major reports giving the science of climate change. It needs to be noted that over 2500 scientists working under the auspices of their national governments produced these reports - the IPCC reports are therefore not the findings of partisan organisations.

The first three reports by the IPCC covers the science of climate change, the impacts of climate change and the mitigation that is required. All reports operate on a global scale. The final report is a synthesis of the previous three reports which has been updated as a result of new research published following the earlier volumes.

All four reports are available free of charge on the IPCC web site and are available as summary or full reports.

Go to the IPCC website to download the fourth assessment reports (AR4). The full reports can be found via the following links

The AR4 Synthesis Report

Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis

Group II Report Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change