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       IPCC AR4 WGII Review Comments and Responses

The table below has links to:

1.       the first order draft chapters of the WG II report; review comments following the expert review of the first order drafts and corresponding author responses;

2.       the second order draft chapters; and expert (EXPERT) and government (GOVT) review comments on the second order drafts and author responses. 

In addition, links are provided to

1.       the draft Technical Summary (TS) and Summary for Policymakers (SPM) distributed with the second order draft chapters;

2.       the corresponding expert and government review comments and author responses;

3.       the final distributed TS and SPM and

4.       government comments on the final distributed draft SPM.

Please note that:

·         Government comments on the final distributed draft SPM were dealt with through the line by line approval process of the Eighth Working Group II Session that finalised the SPM in conjunction with coordinating lead authors and lead authors.  Therefore, these files do not include author responses to these government comments.

·         Under IPCC procedures authors are required to take account of all substantive review comments in both review rounds. Thus responses to individual comments may be influenced by comments from other reviewers.

  • Entries of "- -" indicate that a particular section or chapter was not subject to review.

All files are in PDF format unless otherwise stated.

 

The WGII report outline can be accessed here, and the full list of authors can be accessed here.

 

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Section Title

Second Order Draft

Second Order Draft Comments

Final Draft

Final Draft Comments

 

 Summary for Policymakers

 PDF

 EXPERT

GOVT

 PDF

 PDF

 

 Technical Summary

PDF

 EXPERT

GOVT

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Chapter Title

First Order Draft

First Order Draft Comments

Second Order Draft

Second Order Draft Comments

 

 Introduction

-

-

 PDF

EXPERT

GOVT

1

Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed  systems

  PDF 

 PDF

 PDF

 EXPERT

GOVT 

2

 New assessment methods and the characterisation of future conditions

  PDF 

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

3

 Freshwater resources and their management

  PDF 

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT

4

 Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services

  PDF 

 XLS 

 PDF 

EXPERT

GOVT

5

 Food, fibre and forest products

  PDF 

 PDF

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT

6

 Coastal systems and low-lying areas

  PDF 

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

7

 Industry, settlement and society

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

8

 Human health

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

9

 Africa

  PDF

 PDF

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

10

 Asia

  PDF 

 PDF

 PDF

 EXPERT

GOVT 

11

 Australia and New Zealand

  PDF 

 PDF

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

12

 Europe

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

13

 Latin America

  PDF

 PDF

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

14

 North America

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

15

 Polar Regions

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT

16

 Small Islands

  PDF 

 PDF

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

17

 Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

18

 Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation

  PDF

 PDF 

 PDFf 

 EXPERT

GOVT 

19

 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change

  PDF 

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT

20

 Perspectives on climate change and sustainability

  PDF 

 PDF 

 PDF 

 EXPERT

GOVT

 

 

 

 

 

 

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