Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis/Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability/Climate Change 2001: Mitigation.

This article reviews three books pertaining to climate change: 'Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis,' edited by J.T. Houghton et al; 'Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability,' edited by James J. McCarthy et al; and 'Climate Change 2001: Mitigation,' edited by Bert Metz et al. These volumes are a third installment of papers that have been issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).