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Melinda Tignor
Researcher at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Publications - 10
Citations - 12108
Melinda Tignor is an academic researcher from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Global warming. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 11907 citations.
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Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
Reinhard F. Stocker,Dahe Qin,Gian-Kasper Plattner,Melinda Tignor,S. D. Allen,J. Boschung,T Stocker,Gian-Kasper Plattner,Simon K. Allen,Alexander Nauels,Yu Xia,V. Bex,Pauline M. Midgley,Matthew Collins,Reto Knutti,Julie M. Arblaster,Jean-Louis Dufresne,Thierry Fichefet,Pierre Friedlingstein,Michael Wehner,Thomas F. Stocker,S. James Allen,P. M. Midgley,F. M. Midgley,TF Stocker,Stefan Allen,SG Allen +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a summary of issues to assist policymakers, a technical summary, and a list of frequently-asked questions are presented, with an emphasis on physical science issues.
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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Christopher B. Field,Vicente Barros,Thomas F. Stocker,Qin Dahe,David Jon Dokken,Kristie L. Ebi,Michael D. Mastrandrea,Katharine J. Mach,Gian-Kasper Plattner,Simon K. Allen,Melinda Tignor,Pauline M. Midgley +11 more
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IPCC Expert Meeting on the Science of Alternative Metrics: Meeting Report
TL;DR: The outcome of the expert meeting was an agreed set of key conclusions and recommendations to UNFCCC in response to the request of the AWG-KP as well as more specific recommendations to the scientific community regarding research needs and ones relevant to the scoping of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
IPCC Expert Meeting on Detection and Attribution Related to Anthropogenic Climate Change
Thomas F. Stocker,Christopher B. Field,Qin Dahe,Vicente Barros,Gian-Kasper Plattner,Melinda Tignor,Pauline M. Midgley,Kristie L. Ebi +7 more
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IPCC, 2012: Summary for Policymakers : Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
Christopher B. Field,Vicente R. Barros,Thomas F. Stocker,Qin Dahe,David Jon Dokken,Kristie L. Ebi,Michael D. Mastrandrea,Katharine J. Mach,Gian-Kasper Plattner,Simon K. Allen,Melinda Tignor,Pauline M. Midgley +11 more
TL;DR: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) periodically develops an assessment of the state of the climate, including a new section on climate adaptation as discussed by the authors, which integrates perspectives from several historically distinct research communities studying climate science, climate impacts, adaptation to climate change, and disaster risk management.