Top of PageWhat is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific, interdisciplinary body that was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Association (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program. It provides decision-makers and others with an objective source of information about climate change. Its role is to assess the latest scientific, technical and socio-economic literature produced worldwide relevant to understanding the risk of human-induced climate change, its observed and projected impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. The IPCC regularly publishes its findings in reports that are reviewed and approved by experts and governments from around the world. The IPCC recently released its Fourth Assessment Report, Climate Change: 2007 and will be releasing its Fifth Assessment Report in 2014.
