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Term

climate change

Term

Climate change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. This usage differs from that in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which defines 'climate change' as: 'a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.'

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Definition source publication

IPCC. Climate Change 2001 Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

Publication year

2001

Definition source URL

http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/tar/wg2/689.htm

Organisation

IPCC

Organisation full name

Subjects

Air and Climate Change

Long definition

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