Issues IPCC to release "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" report April 2007 The approved Summary for Policymakers will be released during the press conference on 6th April 2007 in Brussels. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is already affecting natural and human systems, what the impacts will be in the future and how far adaptation and mitigation can reduce these impacts. It will contain a chapter on the expected impacts of climate change in Australia and New Zealand including the Great Barrier Reef. AIMS Climate expert Dr Janice Lough says the report won’t contain any surprises but will provide a clear scientific consensus of present and future threats of climate change in our region. "The report is based on up-to-date scientific literature that has been published over a number of years so most of the information is already out among the scientific community." To read more about consequences for the Great Barrier Reef – (link to our media release: GBR a hot topic as the world warms to climate change).   More information about climate change Coral bleaching index  Coral reefs and climate change 2005 Coral reefs and climate change 2006