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The InterAcademy Council is requested to conduct an independent review of t he IPCC processes and the procedures by which it prepares its assessments of climate c hange.
IAC is asked to establish a Committee of experts from relevant fields to conduct the review and to present recommendations on possible revisions of IPCC processes and proc edures. In particular the IAC Committee of experts is asked to recommend measures and acti ons to strengthen the IPCC’s processes and procedures so as to be better able to respond to future c hallenges and ensure the ongoing quality of its reports


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sustainable use of natural resources; reduction of poverty, hunger, and dise ase. Sharing Knowledge . At the United Nations in February 2004, the IAC released its fir st report, Inventing a Better Future – A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology

. A second IAC report, commissioned by the U.N. Secretary-General a nd published in June 2004, was titled Realizing the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture – Science and T echnology Strategies for Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa . A third report was published in June 2006, Women for Science . A fourth report was published in October 2007, Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future . Planned IAC studies will also address critical global issues – such as enhancing global surveillance of emerging infectious diseases; i mproving global water quality and availability; and scientific ethics and responsibilities. On 10 M arch 2010, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the IPCC Chairman requested IAC to undertake a review of the processes and procedures of the InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Global Experience. The IAC embodies the collective expertise and experience of national academies from all regions of the world. The current eighteen-member InterAca demy Council Board is composed of presidents of fifteen academies of science and equivalent organizations—representing Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Japa n, Malaysia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus the African Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)—and representatives of the InterAcadem y Panel (IAP) of scientific academies, the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS), and the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) of medical academies. Official observers on the IAC Board include the presidents of the International C ouncil for Science (ICSU) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Independent Judgment . When requested to provide advice on a particular issue, the IAC ass embles an international panel of experts. Serving on a voluntary basis, panel me mbers meet and review current, cutting-edge knowledge on the topic; and prepare a draft report on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. All IAC draft reports undergo an intensive process of peer-review by other international experts. Only when the IAC Board is satisfied that f eedback from the peer review has been thoughtfully considered and incorporated is a final report released to the requesting organization and the public. Every effort is made to ensure that IAC reports are free from any national or regional bias.
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Harold T. SHAPIRO (Canada/US), economist and President Emeritus of Princeton Univers ity and the University of Michigan, is a professor in the Department of Econom ics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. H is fields of special interest in economics include econometrics, bioethics, science policy and the evoluti on of postsecondary education. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where i n 1977 he was named Vice President for Academic Affairs and elected President in 1980. In 1988 , he took office as President of Princeton University, serving in that position until 2001 when he became Pre sident Emeritus. He continued to teach during his presidencies at both Princeton and Michigan. He served as a member and Vice Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1990 to 1992 during the administration of President George H. W. Bush. He also s erved President Bill Clinton’s administration as Chair of the National Bioethics Advisory Commissi on from 1996 to 2001. He is author of several books, including A Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education and Society (Princeton University Press, 2005). In 2008, he was awarded the Clark Kerr Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education, presented annually by the University of Cal ifornia–Berkeley Academic Senate. He is an elected Member of the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, an active Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on a number of Page 1 of 6 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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Technion–Israel Institute of Technology; the University of Medicine and D entistry of New Jersey; and DeVry Inc., where he is Chairman of the Board. Dr. Shapiro re ceived his undergraduate degree from McGill University in 1956 and his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1964, both in economics.

Roseanne DIAB (South Africa) is the Executive Officer of the Academy of Sci ence of South Africa (ASSAf) and Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Associ ate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. She is a Member of ASSAf and is recogniz ed for her research contributions in the field of atmospheric sciences, particularly air quality and tropospheric ozone. She chairs the Editorial Board of the South African Journal of Science, and serves on the Editorial boards of the South African Geographic Journal, and Atmospheric Environment. Prof Diab has been a Fulbright senior research scholar, and has served as a member of a number of international commissions, including the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP), the International Ozone Commission (IOC) and the Scientific Steer ing Committee of Stratospheric Ozone Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC). She is a fellow of the South African Geographical Society and of the University of Natal. Dr. Diab has a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA).
Carlos Henrique de BRITO CRUZ (Brazil) is the Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), in Brazil, and Professor at the "Gleb Wat aghin" Physics Institute at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). Previously he served as Rector of the University of Campinas (Unicamp; 2002-2005), President of FAPESP (1996-2002), Dean of Research at Unicamp (1994- 1998) and as Director of the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute at Unica mp (1991-1994 and 1998- 2002). From 1995 to 1999 served as Vice-President of the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF). Brito Cruz served in several committees in funding agencies, science rel ated organizations and universities and presently he presides the Council for Technology and Competitiveness at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) and is a member of the Telefónica I+D Advisory Board and the Microsoft Research External Research Advisory Board. His research interests are the study of ultrafast phenomena using femtosecond lasers, in which he leads a re search laboratory at the Physics Institute at Unicamp, and science policy. He authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific papers and conference presentations, supervised 11 Doctoral Thesis (two in co-s upervision) and 10 Master Dissertations (one as co-supervisor). In 2000 he was awarded the Order of Scientific Merit by thePresident of Brazil for his contributions to science and technology, a nd in 2004 he received the "Conrado Wessel" General Science Prize for his scientific career. Brito Cruz has been faculty at Unicamp since 1982. During 1986 and 1987 he worked as a resident visitor at AT& T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey and in 1990 he had a three-month visi tor engagement at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Prof. Brito Cruz also worked s hort terms as a visitor at the Quantum Optics Laboratory at the University of Rome(1981-1982) and at the Laboratoir e de Physique des Solides at the Université Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris (1988) . Brito Cruz graduated in Electronics Engineering from the Aeronautics Technology Institute (ITA) in 1978, recei ved a M.Sc. degree in physics in 1980, and a D.Sc. degree in physics in 1983, both from the "Gleb Wataghin" Physics Institute at Unicamp. He is a member of the Academy of Science s of the State of São Paulo (ACIESP) and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC).

Maureen CROPPER(United States)is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, and a former Lead Econom ist at the World Bank. She has served as chair of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advis ory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee and as president of the Association of Envi ronmental and Resource Economists. She is a member of the United States National Acade my of Sciences and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her rese arch has focused on valuing environmental amenities (especially environmental health effects), on the discounting of future health Page 2 of 6 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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energy efficiency in India, on the impact of climate change on migrat ion, and on the benefits of collective action in pandemic flu control. Dr. Cropper received a B. A. in Economics from Bryn Mawr College (summa cum laude, 1969) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell U niversity (1973).
Jingyun FANG(China) is Cheung Kong Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology, Colle ge of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, in Beijing. He a lso serves as Academic Director of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, where he also taught as a professor from 1997 to today. His research interests include terrestrial ca rbon cycle, biodiversity and biogeography of plants, land use and land use change, and applications of remote sensing in ecology. From 1995 to 1997, he was Senior Scientist and Associate Direct or at Key Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science. He worked as an assi stant from May 1989 to November 1992, then as an associate scientist from December 1992 to De cember 1994 in the Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He i s a member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and the Chinese Academy of S ciences. He has been awarded the HeLiangHeLi Science and Technology Progress Award (Life Science); Chang Jiang Scholars Achievement Award, China Ministry of Education and Hong Kong Li K a Shing Foundation; National Natural Science Award of the State Council (the second class); and Natural Science Award of the China Ministry of Education (the first class). He was al so recipient of the Yangtze Scholarship, China Ministry of Education and Yangtze Group. Dr. Fang holds a Ph.D. in bi ology from Osaka City University (Osaka, Japan).

Louise O. FRESCO (The Netherlands) is currently University Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she concentrates on issues of sustainability a nd scientific policy. She is a recognized global leader in issues of food and agriculture and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and foreign member of the Royal Swedis h Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the Real Academia de Ingeniería. She worked at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization from 1997 through to 2006 – first as Director of Re search, Extension and Training, and later as Assistant Director-General covering agri culture, biodiversity, water, climate change, soils, plant animal production, veterinary health and food and nutriti on. She oversaw major reforms toward more flexibility in responding to worldwide agricultural crises and increased collaboration with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations. She has extensive understanding of international environmental negotiations and UN processes and has participated in many of the major environmental treaty meetings. Fresco obtained a Ph. D. in tropical agronomy (cum laude) from Wageningen University, where she held the chair of profess or of plant production systems and led the Department of Agronomy where she pioneered many inter disciplinary research programs, including land use and soil nutrient modeling. She has published over 100 scientific papers and three books (while reports written while at the UN were not publi shed by name), and hundreds of articles on popular science in Dutch. She served extensively on boards andevaluation committees for several Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CG IAR) centers. She was the founding chair of LUCC, a joint IGBP and IHDP program and land use and cove r change. She is a member of the Socio-Economic Council of The Netherlands, the highest advi sory body of the country. Beyond her scientific work serves as a non-executive director of Unilever International and as a board member of Rabobank, one of the largest cooperative banks in the world. She is deeply committed to shaping policy on sustainable agriculture and food consumption, the effects of climate change on vegetation and land use, and forging partnerships between the scienti fic, government and the non-governmental and private sector communities.
Syukuro MANABE (Japan/US) is a meteorologist who pioneered the use of computers to s imulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He is curre ntly a senior meteorologist at the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Princeton University. W orking at the Geophysical Page 3 of 6 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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in Washington, D.C. and later in Princeton, New Jersey, he worked w ith director Joseph Smagorinsky to develop three-dimensional models of the atmosphere. He first came to the United States to work at the General Circulation Research Section of the U.S. Weather B ureau, now the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of NOAA, continuing until 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he worked atthe Frontier Research System for Global Change in Japan serving as Director of the Global Warming Research Division. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and a foreign member of Japan Academy, Academia Europaea and the Royal Society of Canada. In 1992, he was the first recipient of the Blue Planet Prize of the Asahi Glass Foundation. In 1997 he was awarded the Volvo Environmental Prize from the Volvo Environmental Foundation. He has also be en honored with the American Meteorological Society’s Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the American Geophysical Union’s Revelle Medal, and the Milutin Milankovitch Medal from the Eur opean Geophysical Society. Dr. Manabe received a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1958

Goverdhan MEHTA (India) is National Research Professor and Bhatnagar Fellow, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Scie nce, Bangalore, India. He is a leading researcher in the area of chemical sciences and special izes in the area of organic chemistry. He is author of over 400 research papers and has delivered ove r 200 lectures in major conferences around the world. He is on the editorial boards of leading i nternational journals in chemical sciences and organic chemistry and serves on the advisory boards of many research and development outfits and foundations worldwide. He has previously held positions as the Director of the Indian Institute of Science (1998-2005) and the President (Vice Chanc ellor) of the University of Hyderabad (1994-1998). He has been the President of the Indian National Sci ence Academy (1999- 2001) and founding Co-Chair of the InterAcademy Council (2001-2006). He is a Fel low of the Royal Society, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Fel low of the Academy of Sciences of the Developing World (TWAS). Among the more than 30 medals and awards and numerous honorary doctorate degrees, he was awarded the civilian honor of Padma Sri (2000) by the President of India and Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (2004) by the President of France. He is deeply interested in issues related to science and policy, science for sustainable development and is passionately committed to promoting and fostering international collaborati on in science and technology with the object of bridging the knowledge divide.
José Mario MOLINA-Pasquel Henríquez (Mexico/US) was a co-recipient (along Paul J. Crutzen and F. Sherwood Rowland) of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in elucidating the threat to the Earth’s ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases. Between 1974 and 2004, he held research and teaching posts at the University of California, Irvine, the Jet Pr opulsion Laboratory at Caltech, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he held a joint appoi ntment in the Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Chem istry. On July 1, 2004, he joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Universit y of California, San Diego, and the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Science, United States National Acade my of Sciences, United States Institute of Medicine, and The National College of Mexico. He serve s on the boards of several environmental organizations and also sits on a number of scientific comm ittees, including the U.S. President's Committee of Advisors in Science and Technology, the Institutional Policy Committee, the Committee on Global Security and Sustainability of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Mario Molina Center. He has also received more tha n 18 honorary degrees. Asteroid 9680 Molina is named in his honor. After completing his basic studies in Mexico City and Switzerland, Dr. Molina earned a bachelor's degree in chemi cal engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1965; a postgraduate degree from the AlbertLudwigs University of Freiburg, West German in 1967; and a doctoral degree in che mistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972.He was an author of the IPCC fourth a ssessment. Page 4 of 6 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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Royal Society, Chancellor of the University of Leicester, and Chair man of the National Physical Laboratory. He is a non-executive director of GKN plc and of W.S. Atkins plc and a Trustee of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Oxford Instruments plc, Deputy Chief Executive of VG Instruments Ltd., Master of St. Cat herine’s College Oxford, Chairman of Trustees of the Science Museum, Chairman of the Engineering & Te chnology Board, and Chairman of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. H e was knighted in 1998 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. SirPeter has a Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge and began his academic career in Cambridge and I mperial College and then moved into private industry in 1975, returning to academic life as Maste r of St. Catherine’s Oxford in 2000.
Ernst-Ludwig WINNACKER(Germany) is Secretary General of the Human Frontier Science Program (HSFP). He was the first Secretary General of the European Research Council (January 2007 - June 2009). After post-doctoral work in 1972, he became Assistant and the n DFG Visiting Professor at the Institute for Genetics at the University of Cologne. In 1977 he took up the position of Associate Professor at the Institute of Biochemistry at the Ludwig Maximili ans University of Munich where he was made full professor in 1980. His main fields of research are virus/cell interaction, the mechanisms of gene expression in higher cells, and prion diseases. From1984 to 1997, he was Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the University of Munic h Gene Center. In 1998 he was elected President of the German Research Foundation (DFG), a position he held until the end of 2006. From 2003 to 2004 he was Chairman of the European Heads of Research Counci ls (EUROHORCs) and, from 2000 to 2004, Member of the European Group on Life Sc ience (established by European Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin). Prizes and distinctions include the Arthur Burckhardt Prize and the Zimmermann Prize for Ca ncer Research. Among other memberships, he is a member of the United States Institute of M edicine, of the Academia Europea and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Dr. Winnackerholds a Dr. honoris causa from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and is a membe r of the Bavarian Maximiliansorden for the Sciences and the Art since 1999 . He is the recipient of the 2009 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People’s Republ ic of China, of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star of Japan (2009), of the C ommanders’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2007). He was named a Cheval ier de la Legion d’Honneur in 2006 and received the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2006. Dr. Winnacker who is the author of several books and textbooks, among them “From Genes to Clones”, studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1968, and completed post-doctorates at the University of California in Berkeley and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm from 1968 to 1972.

Abdul Hamid ZAKRI(Malaysia) is Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and holder of the Tuanku Chancellor Chair at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He w as the former Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, and Co-Chair of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. He is a member of the Arab Fund Fellowship Program, Senior Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation of the International Atomic Ener gy Agency (IAEA), and the Executive Board of International Council for Science (ICSU). He se rved as the Secretary General of the Society for the Advancement of Breeding Researches in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) from 1981- 1989 and was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 1992-2000. He was the Founding President of the Genetics Society of Malaysia. His profe ssional interests include biodiplomacy, education for sustainable development, and biotechnology and biodiversi ty policies for developing countries. Recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship (1981) and a G old Medal Award from the Rotary Research Foundation (1999), he is a Fellow of the Acade my of Sciences Malaysia, the Academy of Sciences of the Developing World (TWAS), the World Ac ademy of Art and Science, Page 5 of 6 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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# Review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Review Committee Statement of Task

INTRODUCTION

1. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on 10 March 2010 that the InterAcademy Council is requested by the United Nations to undertake an i ndependent review of the processes and procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IAC CoChairs have subsequently received official letters, with a Terms of Reference, from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC Chair Pachauri requesting IAC to review the IP CC.
1.1 The InterAcademy Council is requested to conduct an independent review of the IPCC processes and the procedures by which it prepares its assessments of climate change. IAC is asked to establish a Committee of experts from relevant fields to conduct the review and to present recommendations on possible revisions of IPCC processes and procedures. In particular the IAC Committee of experts is asked to recommend measures and actions to strengthen the IPCC’s proce sses and procedures so as to be better able to respond to future challenges and ensure the ongoing quality of its reports Page 1 of 4 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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7/21/2010 http://reviewipcc.interacademycouncil.net/committee.html1.2 Under terms of agreement with the United Nations Environment Progr amme (UNEP) and the

World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a substantive progress reportfrom IAC is requested by 30 August 2010 in order for IAC recommendations to be available for the Oct ober 2010 meeting of IPCC to launch the 5th IPCC Assessment process. A final published report is requested by 30 October 2010.

CHARGE TO REVIEW COMMITTEE
2. A Review Committee is appointed by the IAC Co-Chairs to undertake a review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IAC Review Committe e will take into account the following IPCC official documents: “Principles Governing IPCC Work”, including their Appendices: Appendix A “Procedures for the preparation, review, acceptance, adoption, approval and publication of the IPCC reports” and its Annexes (hereinafter referred to as “IPCC Procedures”), Appendix B “Financial Procedures for the IPCC”, and Appendix C “Rules of Procedures for the Election of the IPCC Bureau and Any Task Force Bureau”. The Review Committee is requested to perform the following tasks:
2.1. Review the IPCC procedures for preparing assessment reports i ncluding, but not restricted to:

Data quality assurance and data quality control; i. Guidelines for the types of literature appropriate for inclusion in IP CC assessments, with special attention to the use of non peer-reviewed literature; ii.
Procedures for expert and governmental review of IPCC materials; iii. Handling of the full range of scientific views; and iv. Procedures for correcting errors identified after approval, adoption and acceptance of a report. v.

2.2. Analyze the overall IPCC process, including the management and administrative functions within IPCC, and the role of UNEP and WMO, the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, with a view to strengthen and improve the efficiency of the assessme nt work and effectively ensure the consistent application of the IPCC Procedures.
2.3. Analyze appropriate communication strategies and the interaction of IPCC with the media to ensure that the public is kept apprised of its work.
2.4. Prepare a report on the outcome of the activities referred t o above, including:

Methodology of the report preparation and measures taken to ensure high qualit y of the report findings; i.
Recommendations for amendments to the IPCC procedures; ii. Recommendations concerning strengthening the IPCC process, institutions and management functions; iii.
Any other related recommendations; and iv. Outline of a plan for the implementation of recommendations. v.

EXPECTED RESULTS AND OUTCOMES
3. The IAC Review of IPCC is anticipated to achieve the following results and outcomes: Page 2 of 4 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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7/21/2010 http://reviewipcc.interacademycouncil.net/committee.htmlA review report prepared in time for the 32nd Session of the IPCC in October 2010 and for consideration by the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Executive Director of UNEP and the Secretary General of WMO including the review fi ndings and recommendations; i.

Regional and disciplinary balance of the IPCC assessment work improved; ii. Scientific credibility and policy relevance of the IPCC products, the IPCC process, institutions and management functions strengthened; iii.
Scientists and experts, media and the general public have improved acce ss to outcomes of the IPCC work. iv.

PROJECT TIME FRAME
4. Ending date for implementation of the IAC activities:
30 August 2010: Submittal to UN of Final Report



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• Argentina National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Science s • Australian Academy of Science • Brazilian Academy of Sciences • Chinese Academy of Sciences • German National Academy of Sciences • Indian National Science Academy • Indonesian Academy of Sciences • InterAcademy Medical Panel • InterAcademy Panel on International Issues • International Council for Science (ICSU) • International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Scie nces • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences • Science Council of Japan • The Royal Society, United Kingdom • Turkish Academy of Sciences • U.S. National Academy of Sciences • Page 4 of 4 InterAcademy Council | Review of the IPCC | An Evaluation of the Proce dures and Proce

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