Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science
2009
©2009 UNSW Climate Change Research Centre
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052
Australia
Title: The Copenhagen Diagnosis
Subtitle: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science
This report should be cited as:
The Copenhagen Diagnosis, 2009: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science.
I. Allison, N.L. Bindoff, R.A. Bindschadler, P.M. Cox, N. de Noblet, M.H. England, J.E. Francis, N.
Gruber, A.M. Haywood, D.J. Karoly, G. Kaser, C. Le Quéré, T.M. Lenton, M.E. Mann, B.I. McNeil,
A.J. Pitman, S. Rahmstorf, E. Rignot, H.J. Schellnhuber, S.H. Schneider, S.C. Sherwood, R.C.J.
Somerville, K. Steffen, E.J. Steig, M. Visbeck, A.J. Weaver. The University of New South Wales
Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), Sydney, Australia, 60pp.
Acknowlegdements:
Stephen Gray from the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) provided support in the
compilation of this report and contributed as Technical Editor. Robert Beale (UNSW Faculty of
Science) and Michael Molitor (UNSW CCRC) provided editorial advice on sections of the report.
Alex Sen Gupta (UNSW CCRC) provided Figure 15 and Darrell Kaufman (Northern Arizona
University) provided Figure 20.
Design: Heléna Brusic, P3 Design Studio, UNSW, Ref: 43413
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Photographs:
Text: p3 ©Rainer Prinz Weissbrunnferner, Italian Alps, 18 July 2006, showing a glacier that has lost its firm body. Extended dark ice surfaces
accelerate the melt rate, p6 ©evirgen & NASA - iStockphoto®, p8 ©Domen Colja - Photospin®, p12 ©Darren Green - Photospin®,
p14 ©kavram - Photospin®, p16 ©Brian Press Tornado - Photospin®, p17 ©kavram - Photospin®, p18 ©Luoman Amazon rainforest deforestation
- iStockphoto®, p22 ©Charles Westerlage Ice carving from Hubbard Glacier - Photospin®, p28 ©Stephen Schneider Sunset giant iceberg at Ilulissat,
p31 ©Jan Martin Will - iStockphoto®, p32 ©Phil Dickson Ice stack collapsing off the Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia Argentina - iStockphoto®,
p34 ©Photospin® South Pacific Islands,