VOL. XLIV

No. 05

29-January-2001

ENVIRONMENT

UN Panel Attributes Global Warming To Burning Of Fossil Fuels

The UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 22 January released its Third Assessment Report, entitled Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. The report, the most comprehensive study on climate change to date, was written by 123 lead authors and 516 contributing authors over a three-year period and was unanimously approved by more than 150 delegates from 100 different...