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Published: October 22, 2013

Climate Change:
the State of the Science

Videos now online from the Stockholm public forum to mark the launch of the IPCC's climate report, 28 September 2013 (Fifth Assessment Report Working Group I summary for policymakers). The event was organized by IGBP and partners.


Hans Rosling - 200 years of global change 


Climate change: the state of the science   


Thomas Stocker, IPCC Working Group I co-chair   

Click herePDF (pdf, 3.9 MB) for pdf version of Thomas Stocker's Powerpoint presentation.


Hans Rosling - fossil fuel distribution in two minutes   


Thomas Stocker, IPCC Working Group I co-chair,
28 September 2013

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