Many national and international science academies and professional societies have assessed the current scientific opinion on climate change. These assessments have largely followed or endorsed the IPCC position that "An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system... There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities."
Below are links to statements and reports by a range of scientific bodies of national or international standing.
American Association for the Advancement of Science on the strength of evidence that humans are having an impact on the world's climate
The American Geophysical Union is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. AGU has a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students. AGU conducts meetings and conferences, publishes journals, books and a weekly newspaper, and sponsors a variety of educational and public information programs.
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation created for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. It is the mission of the Institute to serve the sciences of physics and astronomy by serving its member societies, by serving individual scientists, and by serving students and the general public.
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1839 with the following mission: To promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is the leading professional and examining body for scientists, engineers, other environmental professionals, students and those committed to the sustainable management and development of water and the environment.
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 77 member organisations devoted to scientific research in 30 European countries. Since we were established in 1974, we have coordinated a wide range of pan-European scientific initiatives, and our flexible organisation structure means we can respond quickly to new developments.
Established in 1888, The Geological Society of America provides access to elements that are essential to the professional growth of earth scientists at all levels of expertise and from all sectors: academic, government, business, and industry
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Report
Joint statement of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) to the G8 on sustainability, energy effeciency and climate change
The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and claims to be the oldest such society still in existence. It serves as the academy of sciences of the United Kingdom and is a signatory of the Joint National Science Academies statement listed below.
The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science.
Joint National Science Academies of Brazil Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America issued a statement in June 2005
In advance of the Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia in November 2007 the UK Government set out its views on the international climate change negotiations and a post 2012 framework to tackle climate change.
Further Reading
Institute of Physics, Carbon Capture Technologies, seminar report.
This is the seminar report from the joint workshop with IOP, RSC and IOB. The aim was to examine the role that the core sciences can play in ensuring the safe and successful deployment of CCS technologies in tackling climate change.
