Water and Climate – The IPCC TAR Perspective

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Variability And Change ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Assessment Report ◽  
Nordic Region ◽  
The Third ◽  
Extreme Hydrological Events ◽  
Floods And Droughts ◽  
Third Assessment Report

The aim of the present contribution, opening a session on climate change and hydrology at the 2002 Nordic Hydrological Conference in Røros, Norway, is to discuss essential water-related findings of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with particular reference to region-specific issues of the Nordic region. Discussion of impacts of climate variability and change embraces both already observed effects and projections for the future. After review of changes in hydrological processes, climate-related impacts on extreme hydrological events – floods and droughts – are outlined. Finally, adaptation and vulnerability are dealt with, including presentation of key water-related regional concerns in various parts of the World.

IPCC AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT: TOWARD THE THIRD ASSESSMENT REPORT

2000 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
JARO MAYDA
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Assessment Report ◽  
The Third ◽  
International Panel ◽  
Third Assessment Report ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Local Levels

In preparing the Third Assessment Report (due in 2001), the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was also assigned the task of assessing "methodological aspects of cross-cutting issues such as equity, discount rates, and decision making frameworks". The article analyses the task; points out the gaps in IPCC's past approaches to policy and decision making methodologies; and outlines elements of a paradigm that effectively bridges science and decision making, especially in the area of applying IPCC's global policies on the national and local levels, within the ultimate goal of sustainable development.

scholarly journals The IPCC and Antarctica

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-305
Author(s):  
MICHIEL VAN DEN BROEKE
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Assessment Report ◽  
Fourth Assessment Report ◽  
Review Period ◽  
Third Assessment Report ◽  
Ipcc Working Group ◽  
Group 1

How well is the scientific community doing on providing policy makers with evidence for climate change and predictions for its future trends? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the flagships of international scientific collaboration. Every five years, IPCC Working Group 1 compiles the state of the art in the science of climate change. The Third Assessment Report was presented in 2001, and writing of the Fourth Assessment Report began in the autumn of 2004. External, invited experts reviewed the initial draft last May and the final report will be made available to governments and public in late 2006. In September 2005 the first draft will even be published on the Internet for an eight-week external review period by anyone interested.

scholarly journals Climate Bridge Fund: Tackling Climate Migration in Bangladesh by Bridging Stakeholder Gaps

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Golam Rabbani
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Assessment Report ◽  
Riverbank Erosion ◽  
Floods And Droughts ◽  
And Migration

Climate change is already happening. In the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that about 72 million people will be displaced with 0.5-metre sea level rise if there is no investment in adaptation. In the case of a 2.0-metre rise, that number of people will be pushed to 187 million. IPCC also provides evidence on increased displacement and migration due to floods and droughts in many countries including Bangladesh. It has been reported “22% of households affected by tidal-surge floods and 16% of households that were affected by riverbank erosion moved to urban areas in Bangladesh”

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