The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports provide the most reliable and robust assessment of understanding of the climate system. However, they do not include practitioner-based evidence, which is fundamental to make the reports a relevant source of information for decision-making.
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Viner, D., Howarth, C. Practitioners' work and evidence in IPCC reports. Nature Clim Change 4, 848–850 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2362
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