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Twenty-Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
Twentieth Anniversary of the IPCC

31 August - 4 September 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights for Monday, 1 September 2008


	Twentieth Anniversary of the IPCC celebrated!


	Daily Highlights Sunday, 31 August - Monday, 1 September - Tuesday, 2 September - Wednesday, 3 September - Thursday, 4 September


	Side Event on 'Global Glaciers Changes: facts and figures'


	The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) launched a new facts and figures report on glaciers and ice caps during a side event to the 29th session of IPCC on 1 September, 2008, in Geneva. The report presents recent fluctuations of glaciers and ice caps and underlines an overall trend of glaciers’ retreat. Wilfried Haeberli, Director of WGMS, noted that glaciers are unique demonstration objects of global climate change. The new publication confirms the global trend of collapse and disintegration of glaciers. In particular, it indicates that the average annual melting rate of glaciers has doubled after the turn of the millennium, with record losses posted in 2006 for key reference sites. Peter Gilruth, Director of the Division of Early Warning and Assessment, UNEP, underlined UNEP’s work on synthesizing scientific information on global environmental issues and noted that the new report on glaciers will become a key information resource. Haeberli highlighted that the lack of data on glaciers in some vulnerable regions undermines the ability to provide precise early warning for countries and populations at risk. In this regard, he called for strengthening the monitoring network in the Tropics, Central Asia and the Polar regions. The full report can be found at http://www.grid.unep.ch/glaciers/ Contact Info: Wilfried Haeberli, Director WGMS, +41 44 63 55 120, wilfried.gaeberli@geo.uzh.ch

Wilfried Haeberli, Director of World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), presenting at the Side Event.


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	IPCC resources Meeting’s website Provisional annotated agenda Final Draft Report of the 28th Session IPCC Programme and Budget Procedural Matters Procedural Matters - Special Observer Status of the European Community as Regional Economic Integration Organization Future IPCC Activities Future of the IPCC - Comments received after P28 Programme for the Opening Ceremony and the Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the IPCC Record of nominations for positions in the IPCC Bureau IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) UN resource Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD RS) resources IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-Eighth Session of the IPCC, 9-10 April 2008, Budapest, Hungary (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF) IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-seventh session of the IPCC, 12-17 November 2007, Valencia, Spain IISD RS summary report of the Ninth session of the IPCC Working Group III (WGIII)/Twenty-sixth session of the IPCC, 30 April - 4 May 2007, Bangkok, Thailand - (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-fifth session of the IPCC, Port Louis, Mauritius, 26-28 April 2006 IISD RS coverage of the Eighth session of WGIII of the IPCC/Twenty-fourth session of the IPCC, 22-28 September 2005, Montreal, Canada IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-second session of the IPCC, 9-11 November 2004, New Delhi, India IISD RS climate and atmosphere page Climate-l - A news and announcement list on climate change news and policy developments Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats African Regional Coverage Climate Change Policy & Practice - A knowledge management project for international negotiations and related activities on climate change

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