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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

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Kari De Pryck  and
Mike Hulme
Kari De Pryck
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Université de Genève
Mike Hulme
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A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , pp. xxiii - xxvi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
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Abbreviations

AGGG

Advisory Group on Greenhouse Gases

AMIP

Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

AR

IPCC Assessment Report

AR1 (or FAR)

First Assessment Report (1990)

AR2 (or SAR)

Second Assessment Report (1996)

AR3 (or TAR)

Third Assessment Report (2001)

AR4

Fourth Assessment Report (2007)

AR5

Fifth Assessment Report (2013/14)

AR6

Sixth Assessment Report (2021/22)

BECCS

bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

BMPC

Brazilian Panel on Climate Change

BOG

Breakout Group

CBD

[United Nations] Convention on Biological Diversity

CLA

Coordinating Lead Author

CMIP

Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

COP

Conference of the Parties (to the UNFCCC)

DAI

dangerous anthropogenic interference

ECR

Early Career Researcher

ECS

equilibrium climate sensitivity

eLAM

electronic [virtual] Lead Author Meeting

EMIC

Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESM

Earth System Model

EU

European Union

FAQ

frequently asked questions

FGD

Final Government Distribution

FOD

First Order Draft

GARP

Global Atmospheric Research Programme

GCC

Global Climate Coalition

GCM

General Circulation Model/Global Climate Model

GEA

global environmental assessment

GEO

Global Environmental Outlook

GHG

greenhouse gas

GWP

global warming potential

IAC

InterAcademy Council

IAM

Integrated Assessment Model(ling)

IAMC

Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium

ICC

Inuit Circumpolar Council

ICSU

International Council for Science (was International Council of Scientific Unions)

IEA

International Energy Agency

IGY

International Geophysical Year

IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IIPFCC

International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change

IISD

International Institute for Sustainable Development

IK

Indigenous knowledge

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMAGE

Integrated Model for Assessing the Greenhouse Effect

INC

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee

IPBES

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

IP

Indigenous Peoples

IPO

Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation

IS92

IPCC Scenarios 1992

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

LA

Lead Author

LAM

Lead Author Meeting

LCIPP

Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform

LTGG

long-term global goal

MEA

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

MIPs

Model Intercomparison Projects

NDCs

Nationally Determined Contributions

NETs

negative emission technologies

NFP

national focal point

NL

Netherlands

OAS

Organisation of American States

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OO

observer organisation

PBL

Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

PRSQs

policy-relevant scientific questions

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathway

RE

Review Editor

RIVM

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Dutch National institute for public health and the environment)

SBSTA

Subsidiary Body for Science and Technology Advice

SED

Structured Expert Dialogue

SLR

sea-level rise

SOA

solutions-oriented assessment

SOD

Second Order Draft

SPM

Summary for Policymakers

SR

(IPCC) Special Report

SR15

Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (2018)

SRCCL

Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019)

SRES

Special Report on Emission Scenarios (2000)

SREX

Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (2012)

SRLULUCF

Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (2000)

SROCC

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (2019)

SSP

Shared Socioeconomic Pathway

STS

science and technology studies

SYR

Synthesis Report

TFI

Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

TG-Data

Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments

TGICA

Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impacts and Climate Analysis

TS

Technical Summary

TSU

Technical Support Unit (for a Working Group, WG)

UNEP

UN Environment Programme

UNFCCC

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNPFII

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

VOSL

value of statistical life

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WG

(IPCC) Working Group

WGI

Working Group I (of the IPCC)

WGII

Working Group II (of the IPCC)

WGIII

Working Group III (of the IPCC)

WHO

World Health Organisation

WMO

World Meteorological Organisation

ZOD

Zero Order Draft

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  • Book: A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Online publication: 08 December 2022
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