Friday, September 27, 2013

The IPCC points to the role of man in global warming - Le Nouvel Observateur

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted Friday a report indicating more clearly the man as the main cause of global warming

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“It was adopted,” said Jonathan Lynn, spokesman for the IPCC.

Gathered since Monday in Stockholm, members of the IPCC agreed that human activities are so “highly probable” that is to say, with a probability of at least 95%, the main cause of global the world since the mid-twentieth century.

This probability was 90% in the last IPCC report in 2007 and 66% in the 2001.

Their report also predicted that the slowdown in the global warming observed since the beginning of the twenty-first century will not last.

This document is intended to inform governments worldwide on the causes and risks of global warming.

discussions between scientists and government officials have extended into the night from Thursday to Friday.

Alister Doyle; Bertrand Boucey for French service

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