Upcoming UN Report on Climate Change To Show Rate of Warming Has Slowed
Will also say greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase
Climatologists and climate-change deniers agree on at least one thing this week: everyone is awaiting the landmark U.N. report on climate change that will be presented at next week's meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The report will detail the scientific and technical elements of climate change, and will note that greenhouse emissions continue to rise. It will provide policymakers with actionable data and recommendations.
The report will also include data that indicates the rate of warming from 1998 to 2012 slowed to about half the average rate since 1951, citing natural variability in the climate system, as well as cooling effects from volcanic eruptions and a downward phase in solar activity.