Science and Climate Change Law—The Role of the IPCC in International Decision-Making

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navraj Singh Ghaleigh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations Environment Programme ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Current State ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Change Climate

This chapter describes the contributions of the scientific community in the development of international climate change law, highlighting in particular the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) assessment and research of the scientific, technical, and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of climate change. Since the Panel’s establishment under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988, it has released several scientific papers that provide a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change. The chapter examines the core of the IPCC’s assessment reports, which are divided into three working groups that deal respectively with the ‘Physical Science Basis of Climate Change’, ‘Climate Change Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability’, and ‘Mitigation of Climate Change’. The IPCC also addresses specific areas, such as renewable energy, disaster management, and climate engineering.

scholarly journals Climate Change 1995

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Gregory T. Watts
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
United Nations Environment Programme ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Current State ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Nations Environment

Climate Change 1995 is a scientific assessment that was generated by more than 1 000 contributors from over 50 nations. It was jointly co-ordinated through two international agencies; the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme. The assessment was completed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with a primary aim of reviewing the current state of knowledge concerning the impacts of climate change on physical and ecological systems, human health, and socioeconomic factors. The second aim was to review the available information on the technical and economic feasibility of the potential mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Australian Participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Zillman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
United Nations Environment Programme ◽  
Scientific Integrity ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Climate Change Issue ◽  
The Us ◽  
Working Groups

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988 to provide an authoritative assessment of the state of knowledge of climate change science and impacts and to develop realistic strategies for management of the climate change issue. Following the establishment of a separate United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change and the subsequent signing and entry into force of the Convention, the IPCC reverted to the role of providing policy-neutral but policy-relevant assessments of the contemporary state of knowledge, as contained in the published literature, of the science, impacts and response options for climate change. Australian Government representatives and Australian climate scientists played a major part in the establishment of the IPCC and its operation over the past twenty years including key roles in the preparation of virtually all of its reports. Australia chaired the committee which proposed the structure and membership of the initial IPCC Working Groups, served as Vice-Chair of the Impacts Working Group for the IPCC's First Assessment Report, engaged more national experts in the review of its first assessment of the science of climate change than any other country except the US, has provided almost one hundred Lead Authors and several hundred reviewers for its four major assessments and has served continuously on its coordinating Bureau since its inception. Australian delegations have participated in every formal intergovernmental session of the Panel and its Working Groups and have made a significant contribution to the scientific integrity of the IPCC assessment process.

IPCC Data Distribution Centre: FAIR data from Climate Research to Mitigation Policy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Juckes ◽  
Martina Stockhause ◽  
Robert S Chen ◽  
Xiaoshi Xing
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Data Distribution ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Mitigation Policy ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Distribution Centre ◽  
Data Products ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Clear Description

<p>The Data Distribution Centre (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides a range of services to support the IPCC Assessment Process. The role of the DDC has evolved considerably since it was established in 1997, responding to the expanding range and complexity of the data products involved in the IPCC assessment process. The role of the IPCC assessments has also evolved from considering whether anthropomorphic climate change might have unwelcome consequences and how those consequences would vary under different socio-economic scenarios to reporting on the likely outcome of different global policy options.</p><p>The DDC works both with datasets which underpin the key conclusions from the assessment and, increasingly, with data products generated by the scientists engaged in the assessment.</p><p>Applying FAIR data principles to data products being produced in the highly constrained context of the assessment process brings many challenges. Working with the Technical Support Units of the IPCC Working Groups and the IPCC Task Group, the IPCC DDC has helped to create a process that not only captures information needed to document data products but supports the consistent and clear description of figures and tables within the report.</p>

The future of utilitarianism

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-166
Author(s):  
Tim Mulgan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Future People ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Change Climate ◽  
Practical Implications

My recent work has focused on the demands of utilitarianism, and our obligations to future people. In my current work, I draw on that earlier work, and ask how utilitarians might deal with the ethical challenges of climate change. Climate change has obvious practical implications. It will kill millions of people, wipe out thousands of species, and so on. My question in this paper is much narrower. How might climate change impact on moral theory — and especially on the debate between utilitarians and their non-utilitarian rivals?

CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS AGENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT IN SOUTH AFRICA

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
Mankolo Lethoko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
African Youth

When the democratic government came into power in 1994 in South Africa, it faced formidable problems stemming from the structural and historical inequalities and imbalances created by apartheid. Among the challenges included climate change. The release of the 2013 Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) report indicates that climate change is a reality and its effects globally are getting worse daily. However, South African youth have not been adequately educated about climate change through formal basic schooling so that they can act as change agents.This article argues that the curriculum has to include relevant and the most recent content on climate change so that children can become agents of climate change in their homes and communities. The article uses content analysis of the National Curriculum Statement (2012) to determine the relevance and currency of climate change content in the present basic schooling curriculum. The article also makes recommendations on how the present content can be revised and made relevant to South African schools.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document