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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
THAN REPORTS
Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Automation, summarises the purpose of its reports is to provide
things past – one of the longest impact of latest IPCC report on scientifically robust information, which can
novels ever written - has just over industry. then guide decision-makers.
3,000 pages. Its impressive size
has always made it a challenge In October 2013, the IPCC published the The first part of the report, which has already
even for the most avid readers. summary of its Fifth Assessment Report been published, looked at the science behind
With this in mind, imagine the (AR5). The lengthy piece of research climate change. According to Thomas
size and complexity of the latest concluded it is “extremely likely” – 95 per cent Stocker, one of the co-chairs of the IPCC’s
Intergovernmental Panel on certain, to be precise - that human influence Working Group I, “continued emissions of
Climate Change (IPCC) report, has been the main cause of climate change greenhouse gases will cause further warming
which was published in three over the last fifty years. The report also found and changes in all components of the climate
parts, each spread over 1,500 that the “warming of the climate system is system. Limiting climate change will require
pages. Here, Jonathan Wilkins, unequivocal”. substantial and sustained reductions of
marketing manager of European greenhouse gas emissions.”
The IPCC is an objective international body
that doesn’t have a political agenda and the The second part of the AR5 report, scheduled
to be issued over the course of this year will
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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
THAN REPORTS
Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Automation, summarises the purpose of its reports is to provide
things past – one of the longest impact of latest IPCC report on scientifically robust information, which can
novels ever written - has just over industry. then guide decision-makers.
3,000 pages. Its impressive size
has always made it a challenge In October 2013, the IPCC published the The first part of the report, which has already
even for the most avid readers. summary of its Fifth Assessment Report been published, looked at the science behind
With this in mind, imagine the (AR5). The lengthy piece of research climate change. According to Thomas
size and complexity of the latest concluded it is “extremely likely” – 95 per cent Stocker, one of the co-chairs of the IPCC’s
Intergovernmental Panel on certain, to be precise - that human influence Working Group I, “continued emissions of
Climate Change (IPCC) report, has been the main cause of climate change greenhouse gases will cause further warming
which was published in three over the last fifty years. The report also found and changes in all components of the climate
parts, each spread over 1,500 that the “warming of the climate system is system. Limiting climate change will require
pages. Here, Jonathan Wilkins, unequivocal”. substantial and sustained reductions of
marketing manager of European greenhouse gas emissions.”
The IPCC is an objective international body
that doesn’t have a political agenda and the The second part of the AR5 report, scheduled
to be issued over the course of this year will
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