laws and policies
2001
3rd Assessment report IPCC
This Synthesis Report addresses specifically the issues of concern to the policymaker, such as the extent to which human activities have influenced and will in the future influence the global climate, the impacts of a changed climate on ecological and socio-economic systems, and existing and projected technical and policy capacity to address anthropogenic climate change.
The Synthesis Report consists of nine policy-relevant questions:
1. addresses the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is found in Article 2 (i. e., what constitutes "dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system") and provides a framework for placing the issue of climate change in the context of sustainable development.
2. assesses and, where possible, attributes observed changes in climate and ecological systems since the pre-industrial era.
3. and 4. assess the impact of future emissions of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosol precursors (without specific policies to mitigate climate change) on climate, including changes in variability and extreme events and in ecological and socio-economic systems.
5. discusses inertia in the climate, ecological systems, and socio-economic sectors, and implications for mitigation and adaptation.
6. assesses the near-and long-term implications of stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases on climate, ecological systems, and socio-economic sectors.
7. assesses the technologies, policies, and costs of near-and long-term actions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
8. identifies the interactions between climate change, other environmental issues, and development.
9. summarizes the most robust findings and key uncertainties.
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3rd Assessment report IPCC