“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing
The science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers
with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts, and future risks, and
options for adaptation and mitigation.
IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all levels to develop climate-related
policies and they underlie negotiations at the UN Climate Conference – the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The assessments are policy-relevant but
not policy-prescriptive: they may present projections of future climate change based on different
scenarios and the risks that climate change poses and discuss the implications of response options,
but they do not tell policymakers what actions to take.”