Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)


 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international body responsible for assessing the science related to climate. In 1988, the World Meteorological

Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up the IPCC. It provides policy maker's three kinds of information,

  • The regular scientific assessment of Climate Change.
  • Impacts and future risks of Climate Change.
  • Suggested options for adaptation and mitigation.

 

The assessments IPCC provides are for all levels of government climate-related policies. IPCC negotiates these policies at the UN Climate Conference—the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). However, they do not say what actions policymakers should take. For example, they may project future climate change and explain the implications and options of responses. 

Policymakers can make balanced decisions based on their reports because they are scientific and intergovernmental. All member countries of WMO and UNEP can participate in IPCC. Right now, it has 195 members have created the panel. The panel is responsible for making significant decisions. This panel elects The IPCC Bureau, whose responsibility is to guide the panel by giving scientific and technical information. It also provides advice on management and strategic issues.

100s of leading scientists volunteer to write the assessments of IPCC.

 

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