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Who wrote the IPCC report?
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report/Authors
How does the IPCC choose its report authors?
Member governments, Observer Organizations and the Bureau (Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs) of the Working Group or Task Force producing the report then draw up lists of experts, from which the relevant Bureau or Bureaux select the authors of the report.
How many authors are in the IPCC?
For the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the IPCC selected 829 authors from over 80 countries.
Are IPCC authors paid?
Hundreds of experts in different fields volunteer their time and expertise to produce IPCC reports. Thousands more contribute to the review process and to the literature and other knowledge that are assessed in IPCC reports. These scientists are not paid by the IPCC.
What are the three roles of the IPCC within the United Nations?
The IPCC is divided into three Working Groups and a Task Force. Working Group I deals with The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change, Working Group II with Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and Working Group III with Mitigation of Climate Change.
What does the IPCC report actually say?
Specifically, the report blames humanity for nearly all of the 1.1°C increase in global temperatures observed since the Industrial Revolution (natural forces played a tiny role as well), and the loss of sea ice, rising temperatures, and acidity in the ocean.
What is AR4 and AR5?
The IAC recommendation refers to the summary terms for evidence and agreement in the AR4 guidance as a level-of-understanding scale. The AR5 guidance instructs all author teams to make an evaluation of evidence and agreement the basis for any key finding.
