Many comments were made to earlier drafts of this Report, especially those from Ms. Be Thi Hong Van, Ms. Tran Chi Mai, and Ms. Nguyen Thu Thao (CEMA), and Ms. Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Ms. Yoshimi Nishino, MsMs.
Rose wrote in his column on 14 September: As recently as October 2012, in an earlier draft of this report, the IPCC was adamant that the world is warmer than at any time for at least 1,300 years.
"I think, because of what we know was in the original first draft of this report, irrespective of what is produced on Tuesday, we know that if the parties accept this report in general they are accepting Heathrow expansion," he said.
Iain Chalmers, Dave Sackett, Mike Clarke and Paul Glasziou provided helpful feedback on a draft of this report.
I am indebted to Kostas Stamoulis, William Meyers and Antonio Yunes for their valuable insights and suggestions on earlier drafts of this report.
ML wrote the first draft of this report; all authors revised the draft of the report and approved its final version.
UNICEF's East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and global working teams have provided financial and technical support for the preparation of the initial draft of this report.
