Third Assessment Report

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The Third Assessment Report is a major comprehensive evaluation of climate change science, impacts, and mitigation options produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the early 2000s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf IPCC assessment report
climate change report
scientific assessment
abbreviation TAR
associatedOrganization United Nations Environment Programme
World Meteorological Organization
concludes most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
warming of the climate system is unequivocal compared to pre-industrial times
coordinatingBody IPCC Working Group I
IPCC Working Group II
IPCC Working Group III
definesTerm adaptation to climate change
mitigation of climate change
emphasizes role of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in climate change
endOfPublication 2001
focusesOn impacts of climate change on natural and human systems
options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
physical science basis of climate change
fullName Climate Change 2001: Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
geographicScope global
hasComponent Summary for Policymakers
Technical Summary
full underlying report
includesVolume Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Mitigation
Synthesis Report
The Scientific Basis
language English
methodology assessment of peer-reviewed scientific literature
placeInSeries third main assessment report of the IPCC
predecessor Second Assessment Report
providesInputTo United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations
publicationYear 2001
publishedBy Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
publisher Cambridge University Press
shortName IPCC Third Assessment Report
startOfPublication 2000
subject climate change
climate change adaptation
climate change impacts
climate change mitigation
global warming
successor Fourth Assessment Report
targetAudience general public
policymakers
scientific community
timePeriodAssessed 20th century climate change
projections for the 21st century
usedFor policy-making on climate change

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