The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) brings together
hundreds of the world’s leading
scientists to study the impact of
human activities on the Earth’s
climate, the associated environmental
consequences of climate change,
the socioeconomic impacts and implications,
and response strategies. The Panel
actively conveys its findings to
policy-makers through its Assessment
Reports.
Established
in 1988 by the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO),
the IPCC is open to all members
of the UN and WMO. Its scientific
reports are prepared by the world’s
leading scientists and subjected
to extensive peer and public review.
IPCC’s Summaries for Policymakers
are jointly agreed to by the scientific
lead authors and the participating
nations (typically well over 100
of the UN’s member states).
Over the course of its three assessments,
the IPCC reports have been unanimously
agreed upon by the more than 150
countries involved, and later endorsed
by the academies of science of all
the major nations.
