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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