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The second volume considers climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation options, while the third volume assesses the opportunities for and the costs of mitigation. Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. The intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc is an international committee of scientists working under the auspices of the united nations. The ipcc has produced a video on its fifth assessment report ar5. This is a list of the 620 authors contributing to climate change 2007.
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