The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

Scientific understanding of past and future climate change has made substantial progress since finalization of the IPCC WG1 AR4. This paper reviews the new knowledge on climate change. It includes improved analysis of prehistoric climate shifts, updated observations of recent climate change, better...

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Main Author: Füssel, Hans-Martin
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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World Development Report 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9235
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spelling okr-10986-92352021-04-23T14:02:44Z The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Füssel, Hans-Martin World Development Report 2010 Scientific understanding of past and future climate change has made substantial progress since finalization of the IPCC WG1 AR4. This paper reviews the new knowledge on climate change. It includes improved analysis of prehistoric climate shifts, updated observations of recent climate change, better attribution of the causes of observed climate change to anthropogenic and natural factors, improved understanding of carbon cycle feedbacks, and new projections of future changes in extreme weather events. As a result, many risks are now assessed to be larger than in the AR4, in particular the risk of large sea-level rise already in the current century and the risks from increases in extreme weather events. 2012-06-26T15:42:39Z 2012-06-26T15:42:39Z 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9235 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean
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The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
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Europe and Central Asia
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description Scientific understanding of past and future climate change has made substantial progress since finalization of the IPCC WG1 AR4. This paper reviews the new knowledge on climate change. It includes improved analysis of prehistoric climate shifts, updated observations of recent climate change, better attribution of the causes of observed climate change to anthropogenic and natural factors, improved understanding of carbon cycle feedbacks, and new projections of future changes in extreme weather events. As a result, many risks are now assessed to be larger than in the AR4, in particular the risk of large sea-level rise already in the current century and the risks from increases in extreme weather events.
author Füssel, Hans-Martin
author_facet Füssel, Hans-Martin
author_sort Füssel, Hans-Martin
title The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
title_short The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
title_full The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
title_fullStr The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
title_full_unstemmed The Risks of Climate Change : A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
title_sort risks of climate change : a synthesis of new scientific knowledge since the finalization of the ipcc fourth assessment report (ar4)
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9235
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