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IPCC launches Special Report on Extreme Weather Events
28 March 2012
The IPCC released its Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) on 28 March.
The report assesses the evidence that climate change has led to changes in climate extremes and the extent to which policies to avoid prepare for, respond
to and recover from the risks of disaster can reduce the impact of such events. Please click here for an
IPCC press release on the report, and here for the report itself.
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IPCC personalities awarded New Year honours
18 January 2012
 Sir Bob Watson  David Wratt
Sir Bob is currently Chief Scientific Adviser at Britain's environment ministry, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is also professor of environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and
director of strategic development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, which is headquartered at UEA.
In New Zealand, David Wratt, a member of the IPCC Bureau, was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO). Wratt is a Vice-Chair of the IPCC's Working Group I, which assesses the physical science of climate change.
He is Chief Scientist (Climate), of New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
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