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In this video recorded at ANU on the 11th of August 2015, Professor Mark Howden discusses the findings of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and the implications of climate change for Australia with Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele and Dr Youba Sokona.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report is the world's most comprehensive evaluation of climate change, its potential impacts and the choices we have for responding to it.
The report provides leaders with a scientific basis for developing strategies to address climate change. Most importantly, it will be the leading scientific document to inform negotiations at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 21) in December 2015, at which negotiators will try to reach a global climate agreement.
Whilst the report finds that human influence on the climate system is clear, we do have the means to limit climate change and build a more prosperous, sustainable future.
"Substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades can reduce climate risks in the 21st century and beyond, increase prospects for effective adaptation, reduce the costs and challenges of mitigation in the longer term and contribute to climate-resilient pathways for sustainable development." - Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
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