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The IPCC adopted the revised Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval and Publication of IPCC Reports, as well as the Implementation Procedures and Disclosure Form for the Conflict of Interest Policy. The Panel also formally accepted the Summary for Policy Makers of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.
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18 November 2011 - 19 November 2011
The IPCC decided to establish an Executive Committee, adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy, and introduced several changes to the rules of procedure as well as accepting the Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation.
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10 May 2011 - 13 May 2011
The 300 IPCC delegates focused on two primary tasks: revising the scope of the synthesis report for the Fifth Assessment Report; and addressing the recommendations of the InterAcademy Council Review of the IPCC processes and procedures.
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11 October 2010 - 14 October 2010
The meeting focused primarily on the scoping of the Fifth Assessment Report, with the IPCC’s three Working Groups convening in parallel sessions to approve the proposed chapter outlines of their contributions to the Report. The Panel then accepted the outlines of the Working Group reports and considered a number of other issues relevant to the scope of the Fifth Assessment Report, including agreeing to treat Article 2 of the UNFCCC as a cross-cutting theme in the Report.
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26 October 2009 - 29 October 2009
The Panel focused mainly on the scoping process for the Fifth Assessment Report with a view to providing guidance to the climate change experts who will define the outline during the AR5 scoping meeting to be held in July. The Panel also decided to proceed with the preparation of a Special Report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters, and agreed to hold a number of expert meetings on topics such as human settlements and the detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change.
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21 April 2009 - 23 April 2009
Delegates elected the new IPCC Bureau and the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories as well as reelecting Rajendra Pachauri as the IPCC Chair.
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31 August 2008 - 4 September 2008
Talks centered on the future of the IPCC, including key aspects of its work programme such as Working Group structure, main type and timing of future reports, and the future structure of the IPCC Bureau and the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
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9 April 2008 - 10 April 2008
Following years of work, the adoption of the Fourth Assessment Report on climate change was accompanied with mixed feelings of relief over its completion and apprehensive concern about the grave challenges that lie ahead.
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12 November 2007 - 17 November 2007
The meeting accepted Working Group III’s contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report titled “Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change,” including approval of the Summary for Policymakers that emphasizes that greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 70% since 1970 and that with current policies their growth is projected to continue over the next few decades.
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30 April 2007 - 4 May 2007
Delegates accepted Working Group II’s contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report titled “Climate Change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability,” including approval of the Summary for Policymakers and acceptance of the underlying report and Technical Summary.
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2 April 2007 - 6 April 2007