Recent Developments in Global Climate Information

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Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)

Tropical Dry Forest Resilience and Water Use Efficiency
Tropical dry forests: barometers of climate change (1571 kB)

Sybil Seitzinger, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) / Vladimir Ryabinin, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Emerging research findings: Extreme events (978 kB)

Carolin Richter, Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

Report from the Joint GCOS/ Global Observation for Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) Workshop on 'Observations for Climate Change Mitigation' (761 kB)

Masahide Kimoto, Japan

New approaches in climate prediction for better adaptation: near-term prediction and high-resolution ensembles (2315 kB)

Emerging Scientific Findings: The Polar Regions

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Paul Hezel, IPCC

IPCC WGI findings on the polar regions: warming and polar amplification, permafrost, and sea ice changes (4966 kB)

Hans-Otto Pörtner, IPCC

IPCC WGII findings on the polar regions: ecosystem impacts of ocean warming and acidification (2798 kB)

Jeremy Wilkinson, British Antarctic Survey

Arctic Change: A need for multi-sector collaboration (1217 kB)

Sybil Seitzinger, IGBP, on behalf of DIVERSITAS

Integrated biodiversity and climate scenarios (496 kB)

Needs for Climate Change Research and Developments in Research-related Capacity Building

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Renate Christ, IPCC

Knowledge gaps identified in AR5 (504 kB)

Carlos Fuller, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Caribbean Regional Climate Centre (383 kB)

Serena Pontoglio, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation

Climate change research & innovation in the Horizon 2020 programme (940 kB)

Andrew Matthews, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

New capacity building programme for APN (2844 kB)