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huffingtonpost.com - August 23rd, 2013 - Carl Pope

Advance copies of the latest assessment by the global climate science communities have been leaked to Reuters and the New York Times. Their fundamental message -- man caused changes in climate patterns are no longer in even trivial doubt, the certainty is now over 95 percent. This is the conclusion of the 5th report of the IPCC.

But this latest news is unlikely to move politicians, media outlets and businesses to change the way they handle the question of loading up the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse pollutants.

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The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) will be finalized in 2014.
 
This page covers the contents of the AR5, the process of developing the AR5 and the wide participation of experts in the AR5 writing and review process.

AR5 Contents

AR5 will be the most comprehensive assessment of scientific knowledge on climate change since 2007 when AR4 was released. It will put greater emphasis on assessing the socio-economic aspects of climate change and its implications for sustainable development.
 
Some new features include:

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