A&O SCI 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Climate Change Adaptation, California Public Utilities Commission, Saltwater Intrusion
2 Aug 2018
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Lecture 10: the ipcc and observed climate change . Intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) : scientific body tasked to evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity (established in 1988 by the. Publishes special assessments of the state of knowledge of climate change every 5-6 years non-scientific audiences (vetted by representatives from every country) Summary for policymakers - further distillation of the technical summary for. Technical summary - distillation of the most important points of the main report. Main report - about 1,500 pages long, contains details of the assessment. Tends to be a conservative document representing mainstream scientific views (presented in technical language) Working group i - concerned exclusively with the science of climate change. Working group ii - focused on climate change adaptation (ie. efforts to help. Composed of natural scientists plants, animals, and humans cope with a changing climate) Composed of both natural and social scientists.
