"UN's vast report will end the scientific argument. Now, will the world act?" David Adam, The Guardian 27th of January 2007

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The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) presented on January 2007, in Paris, its Fourth Assessment Report about the climate change in 2007. The report was subjected to final approval and acceptance at the 10th Working Group I Session held in Paris from 29th January to 1st February 2007. This report caused quite a (positive and negative) stir in the scientific community, but it has been commented on, probably because it brought great hope to people. But at first sight, it's not easy for us to understand what provides the report, why it is different from the past thousands of reports we have read? Because, indeed, the awareness about environmental issue dates back to the 1990s, initiated by the Club of Rome, founded 1968. The important stages of the environment's integration in our economies are, the conclusion of the convention of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and then, of course, the Kyoto protocol in 1997. These advances, were completed by all sorts of scientific reports, which, most part of the time, were objects of many controversies about their legitimacy. What can be the impact of such a report? We will base our analysis on David Adam's article, 'UN's vast report will end the scientific argument', published in The Guardian, on the 27th of January 2007.

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[...] But above all, the principal advance of the report is to response the principal point of controversies between the world Scientifics: is the global warming du to human activities, or is it naturally unavoidable? The report clearly denounces the impact of human activities on the environmental degradation. As specified in the article, the report says that it is highly unlikely that observed warming and ice loss are due to natural factor, and that human activities will increase global temperatures, sea levels, and extreme weather events in coming decades . [...]

[...] This partly explains why the report will be more conservative than some scientists want as says David Adam. However, this idea doesn't challenge the legitimacy of the UN's report. Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman qualifies the report as the more authentic and the more credible piece of scientific work Report's content: the end of long and controversed scientific work This strong legitimacy permits the IPCC to be very realist in their conclusions, to TELL THE TRUTH, and to RAISE the true issues. [...]

[...] We will base our analysis on David Adam's article UN's vast report will end the scientific argument, published in The Guardian, on the 27th of January 2007. We will draw two main characteristics, which explain why the report aroused so much enthusiasm. In the first place, it's the RESULT of long scientific work, and controversies (we will study the report's contents, and try to understand why it is more legitimate than others). And in a second place, we will see that it only is the BEGINING of a necessary but complicated political work (in this second part, we will highlight the vital necessity to act politically, and we will try to be hopeful analysing what are the possible political choices to make UN's report: the end of long scientific controversies 1. [...]

[...] People have to be shocked by the report; it is the only way to make them acting. And, as says David Adams, such a boost would come at a critical time Indeed, it is time to engage not only negotiation but international DECISIONS. A new treaty has to come into force by 2012, when the first phase of the Kyoto protocol expires. The author emphasizes that analysts say any delay could be a disaster for emerging carbon markets We have to think that as long as we discuss, the planet is degradating, and the global warming process is getting worse. [...]

[...] "UN's vast report will end the scientific argument. Now, will the world David Adam, The Guardian 27th of January 2007 The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) presented on January 2007, in Paris, its Fourth Assessment Report, "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis The report was subject to final approval and acceptance at the 10th Working Group I Session held in Paris from twenty ninth January to first February 2007. This report caused quite a (positive and negative) stir in scientific community, but it has been very commented, probably because it brings great hope for many people. [...]