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  2. Current Status
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1. Source for this Digest

Questions 1-3

The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from the Summary for Policymakers of the Third Assessment Report  done by Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The layout on Level 3, the text in red and the texts in Levels 1 & 2 have been produced by the GreenFacts team.

Questions 4-5

The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from the Summary for Policymakers of the Third Assessment Report  done by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The layout on Level 3, the text in red and the texts in Levels 1 & 2 have been produced by the GreenFacts team.

Question 6

The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from the Summary for Policymakers of the Third Assessment Report  done by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The layout on Level 3, the text in red and the texts in Levels 1 & 2 have been produced by the GreenFacts team.

Questions 7-9

The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from the Common Questions about Climate Change  (originally published by UNEP and WMO in 1997, and accessible in GCRIO). The layout on Level 3, the text in red and the texts in Levels 1 & 2 have been produced by the GreenFacts team.

Question 10 and conclusion

The material content has been produced by the GreenFacts team.

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2. Current Status

Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board

3. Digest Publication History

First draft

The draft of this Digest was prepared by GreenFacts Team and completed in May 2002

Preliminary and Peer review

The draft was revised and commented by several experts from environmental organizations and industrial companies in June 2002.

The final draft was peer reviewed by 3 independent scientists selected by the GreenFacts Scientific Board (see our  peer review form) and final corrections were added under the supervision of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in November 2002.

Publication

Publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in February 2003.

Press Release

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Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions

This Digest is replaced by a summary of the upcomming Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC released in 2007

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