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20.12.2010 | General news
Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties in the IPCC

Guidance Notes for Lead Authors

Within the scope of the IPCC work program, a paper has been elaborated that provides guidance to the Lead Authors of the IPCC Assessment Reports on key aspects of their work. In particular, the guidan ...>

15.12.2010 | General news
Earth System Research for Global Sustainability: A new 10-Year Research Initiative

Call for nominations into the interim steering committee

In an extended Review Process ICSU and ISSC identified a great need for a single, new overarching structure, which would allow for more integration of existing global environmental change programmes a ...>

08.12.2010 | General news
CIPRA compacts

CIPRA background reports

The “CIPRA compact” collection within cc.alps features various theme books that deal critically with climate measures in the Alps. The collection comprises the field of activity: energy, building and ...>

08.12.2010 | Publications
Energy self-sufficient regions

A CIPRA background report

Not having to depend on energy imports: this vision holds great fascination for many regions. Self-sufficiency is “in.” There are already many very positive approaches and examples of attempts to go d ...>

01.12.2010 | Publications
The European environment - state and outlook 2010

Set of assessments

The European Environment Agency (EEA) released today its fourth Environment State and Outlook report – SOER 2010 – a comprehensive assessment of how and why Europe’s environment is changing, and what ...>

30.11.2010 | Publications
Weathering climate change

Insurance solutions for more resilient communities

An estimated 3.4 billion people are threatened by natural hazards, most of them in the developing world. Climate change could put at risk many more. A new Swiss Re report shows how innovative insuranc ...>

29.11.2010 | Publications
Biodiversity, health and well-being - critical links

Policy Brief No. 11 from UNESCO, SCOPE, and UNEP

Global biodiversity degradation significantly impacts the key components of human health and wellbeing. Ecosystem services, i.e. the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, are indispensable for the ...>

29.11.2010 | Publications
Global Environmental Change and Food Security

Policy Brief No. 12 from UNESCO, SCOPE, and UNEP

Attaining food security for all is clearly more complicated than just producing more food. Besides food production, food availability and food affordability are critical prerequisites for ensuring foo ...>

25.11.2010 | Publications
The Emissions Gap Report

Are the Copenhagen Accord Pledges Sufficient?

This report, published by UNEP, tackles the question whether the Copenhagen Accord are sufficient to limit global warming to 2 °C or 1.5 °C. The Emissions Gap Report informs governments and the wider ...>

18.11.2010 | Publications
Swiss Environmental Domains

A new spatial framework for reporting on the environment

Swiss Environmental Domains (SwissED) is an environmental classification of the territory based on key climatic, geologic and topographic variables that influence both natural and anthropogenic proces ...>

12.11.2010 | General news
UNEP: 30 Ways in 30 Days

Solutions to combat climate change

UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, is releasing 30 case studies for climate protection on a new created website in the run up to the UN climate convention in Mexico. The campaign wants to ...>

06.11.2010 | Meeting report
Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheet Instabilities

IPCC Expert Meeting Report of 21–24 June 2010

Sea level rise is one of the major long-term consequences of human-induced climate change. Future projections of sea level changes and their regional expression are of crucial importance for the susta ...>

06.11.2010 | Meeting report
Assessing and Combining Multi Model Climate Projections

IPCC Expert Meeting Report of 25-27 January 2010

Climate model results provide the basis for projections of future climate change and increasing numbers of models are likely to contribute to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel ...>

05.11.2010 | Meeting report
Detection and Attribution Related to Anthropogenic Climate Change

IPCC Expert Meeting Report of 14–16 September 2009

The reliable detection and attribution (D&A) of changes in climate and their effects is fundamental to understanding the scientific basis of climate change and in enabling decision makers to manage cl ...>

29.10.2010 | Publications
Tracking progress towards Kyoto and 2020 targets in Europe

Deep emission cuts give the EU a head start

Current emission levels and projections in the EEA Report No 7/2010 show that the EU is well on track to achieve its 2020 reduction target of 20 % with domestic emission reductions only, provided that ...>

05.10.2010 | General news
Arctic Sea Ice Extent in 2010

Weather and feedbacks lead to third-lowest extent

An eventful summer sea ice melt season has ended in the Arctic. Ice extent reached its low for the year, the third lowest in the satellite record, on 19 September. Both the Northwest Passage and the N ...>

30.08.2010 | General news
Review of the IPCC Assessment Procedure

InterAcademy Council Report Recommends Fundamental Reform of IPCC Management Structure

The InterAcademy Council (IAC) of the world's science academies today presented its review of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It concludes that the IPCC assessment reports hav ...>

20.08.2010 | Publications
Future Perspectives of 2nd Generation Biofuels

TA-Swiss Report

By 2030, biofuels and electro-mobility could replace 41 per cent of the fuel Switzerland needs. Hence the latest study by the Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS. But it will only happen under o ...>

20.08.2010 | General news
High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability launched

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new panel on global sustainability. The 21-member High Level Panel brings together leading global policymakers, the private sector and civil society expert ...>

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