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ESD Ideas: a simple proposal to improve the contribution of IPCC WGI to the assessment and communication of climate change risks
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
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Short summary
The purpose of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to provide policy-relevant assessments of the scientific evidence about climate change. Policymaking necessarily involves risk assessments, so it is important that IPCC reports are designed accordingly. This paper proposes a specific idea, illustrated with examples, to improve the contribution of IPCC Working Group I to informing climate risk assessments.
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