Reports in The Azimuth Project

## Idea ##

Here we list reports on [[global warming]] and related issues.  Some of these have links to _summaries_ and _critiques_ here on the Azimuth Project.  Later we will write  _comparisons_ of these reports and assessments, highlighting areas of agreement and disagreement.  

Also see [[Plans of action]].  Roughly, 'reports' analyze problems while 'plans of action' propose solutions.

## Details ##

* IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, _Climate Change 2007_:

   Working Group I Report, [The Physical Science Basis](http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/contents.html).

   Working Group II Report, [Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability](http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/contents.html).

   Working Group III Report, [Mitigation of Climate Change](http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/contents.html).
  
* [Assessing an IPCC assessment. An analysis of statements on projected regional impacts in the 2007 report](http://www.pbl.nl/images/500216002_tcm61-48119.pdf), prepared for the Dutch government.

* _The Copenhagen Diagnosis_, 2009.  Summary available [[The Copenhagen Diagnosis|here on the Azimuth Project]].

* National Research Council, _Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia_, 2010.  Summary available [[NRC climate stabilization targets|here on the Azimuth Project]].

* Institute for Science, Innovation &amp; Society and LSE Mackinder Programme, _The Hartwell Paper: a New Direction for Climate Policy After the Crash of 2009_, London, UK, 2010.  Summary available [[The Hartwell Paper|here on the Azimuth Project]].

* K. Anderson and A. Bows, Reframing the climate change challenge in light of post-2000 emission trends, _Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A_ **366** (2008), 3863–3882.  Summary available [[Reframing the climate change challenge|here on the Azimuth Project]].

* William D. Nordhaus, _[A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies](http://nordhaus.econ.yale.edu/Balance_2nd_proofs.pdf)_, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008.

* The _Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change_.  So far very limited summary available [[Stern Review|here on teh Azimuth Project]].  

* Aiguo Dai, [Drought under global warming: a review](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.81/abstract), _Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change_, 2010.  A terrifying scientific review of drought predictions for the next 20-50 years.

## Energy ##

* [[David MacKay]], _Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air_.  Summary available [[Without the Hot Air|here on the Azimuth Project]].

* [REN21](http://www.ren21.net) (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century), _[Renewables 2010 Global Status Report](http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/REN21_GSR_2010_full_revised%20Sept2010.pdf)_.


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