Second Assessment Report

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The Second Assessment Report is a major 1995 IPCC publication that comprehensively evaluated the scientific evidence for human-induced climate change and significantly influenced international climate policy, including the Kyoto Protocol negotiations.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf IPCC assessment report
scientific assessment
associatedWithTreaty Kyoto Protocol
author Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
basisFor emissions reduction commitments discussions
conclusion evidence for a discernible human influence on global climate
countryOfOrganization World
dateAnnounced 1995
field climate policy
climatology
environmental science
focusesOn adaptation to climate change
impacts of climate change
mitigation of climate change
scientific basis of climate change
followedBy Third Assessment Report
follows First Assessment Report
hasAbbreviation IPCC SAR
hasKeyFinding most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
warming of the climate system is broadly consistent with model projections of increased greenhouse gases
hasPart Synthesis Report of the Second Assessment Report
Working Group I contribution to the Second Assessment Report
Working Group II contribution to the Second Assessment Report
Working Group III contribution to the Second Assessment Report
influenced Kyoto Protocol negotiations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process
language English
producedBy IPCC Working Group I
IPCC Working Group II
IPCC Working Group III
publicationDecade 1990s
publicationYear 1995
publishedBy IPCC
publisher Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
scope global
shortName SAR
sponsor United Nations Environment Programme
World Meteorological Organization
subject anthropogenic climate change
climate change
global warming
greenhouse gas emissions
targetAudience governments
policy makers
scientific community
typeOfWork assessment report
usedBy climate negotiators
policymakers


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