The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988, to assess scientific information about climate change relevant for international and national policy formulation. The IPCC produced its first full assessment report in 1990, a supplementary report in 1992, and a special report on radiative forcing of climate in 1994. Most recently, at the request of governments participating in the negotiations on the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the IPCC has completed its Second Assessment Report, which is available from Cambridge University Press.

Definitions and Methodological Options to Inventory Emissions from Direct Human-induced Degradation of Forests and Devegetation of Other Vegetation Types
Jim Penman, Michael Gytarsky, Taka Hiraishi, et al., March 2004

Ocean storage, including costs and risks
Takashi Ohsumi, January 2003

Uncertainty Analysis of Global Climate Change Projections
Mort D. Webster, Chris E. Forest, Andrei P. Sokolov, et al., July 2001

Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
February 2001

Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis
February 2001