This site is a summary and analysis of Chapter 8: Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 5 (AR5) of Working Group 1 (WG1).  IPCC report is a valuable tome for understanding the wealth of research and complexities of climate change, however for almost any reader this document is a challenge to read.  This summary brings out the key points of the chapter for a more readable document.  This also includes some additional considerations for policy makers, the intended audience of the report.  It also makes a comment about the stregths and weaknesses of this chapter as a whole because due to the many constraints of the IPCC report and the limitations in the referenced literature some questions are left unanswered and some of the speech is confusing.

 

This is not the only chapter summary website.  This is part of a larger class project of sumarizing and analyzing select chapters from the report.  The other summary chapters can be found in the External References section of this webpage.  This class also recorded a seminar series of expert climate scientists covering each chapter of the WG1 report.  These can also be found in the References.  Please feel free to explore the webpage, hopefully you find it useful.