GIEC / IPCC
Assessment reports on scientific knowledge about climate change.
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Read a climate assessment
Return to assessment reports rather than an isolated statement.
Check first: Note the report, scenario and confidence level.
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Cite a conclusion with its conditions
- Summary
- Locate a conclusion.
- Chapter or figure
- Recover its context.
- Identify report, cycle and document type.
- Find the passage or figure in context.
- Keep scenario, period and uncertainty wording.
Fictional example: a conditional projection becomes a certain date in a summary; restore the stated conditions.
Your useful record: Keep reference, page, scenario and uncertainty.
A projection is not a local weather forecast.
Editorial method informed by IPCC — Rôle et rapports d’évaluation. Documentation consulted on . Examples are fictional exercises, not results from a live service test.
Cite the report and the strength of its conclusion
IPCC reports assess climate knowledge. Identify the assessment cycle, working group and document type: full report, summary or synthesis. Keep the chapter, page or figure and accompanying uncertainty language when citing a conclusion.
- Documents
- Working-group contributions, summaries and syntheses.
- Identification
- Assessment cycle, title and report version.
- Citation
- Preserve passage, figure and stated confidence level.
- IPCC role
- The IPCC assesses published scientific, technical and socioeconomic knowledge.
Source: IPCC — Rôle et rapports d’évaluation · consulted on - Research production
- It does not conduct its own research or climate measurements.
Source: IPCC — Rôle et rapports d’évaluation · consulted on
Does a synthesis replace every chapter?
It organises key conclusions. Find the passage and references for a detailed claim.
Can uncertainty terms be omitted?
Retain those qualifications: they are part of the conclusion’s scientific scope.
Initial profile documentation
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