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IPCC Assessment Reports

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Produces, in assessment cycles, synthesis reports summarizing the state of scientific knowledge on the causes, projections and impacts of climate change. The authoritative scientific reference on climate.

Methodology

Assessment and synthesis of published scientific literature by working groups, subject to peer review and government approval. The IPCC does not produce primary data; it assesses and ranks the confidence levels of existing knowledge.

Recommended use

Use as the scientific bedrock for framing climate scenarios and justifying physical-hazard assumptions in an insurability analysis. The authoritative reference on the subject.

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