U.S. Government Seeks Expert Reviewers for IPCC Climate Change Report

Summary

The United States Global Change Research Program, in collaboration with the Department of State, is soliciting expert opinions on the Second Order Draft of the Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific body established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988, to inform the development of a comprehensive assessment of climate change, its impacts, and mitigation/adaptation options, with the goal of updating the scientific basis of climate change every six years, as seen in previous reports such as the First Assessment Report in 1990, the Second Assessment Report in 1995, the Third Assessment Report in 2001, and the Fourth Assessment in 2007.