Intergovernmental Scientific Body
IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Content associated with IPCC
10th Session of the IPCC Working Group I (WGI)
There is more than a 90 percent probability that human action has contributed towards recent climate change according to the Summary for Policymakers of “Climate Change 2007: the Physical Science Basis,” which delegates approved at the meeting.
25th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-25)
Delegates accepted the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and adopted its Overview Chapter, thereby realizing several years of work by the IPCC. Delegates also took action in relation to the IPCC programme and budget for 2007-09, further work on emission scenarios, election procedures, a policy and process for admitting observer organizations, the future work programme of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, consideration of a Special Report on Renewable Energy, and a review of the IPCCs terms of reference.
8th Session of the IPCC Working Group III (WGIII) and 24th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-24)
IPCC delegates completed work on the Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, approving the text of the Summary for Policymakers, accepting the scientific and technical assessments underlying this Special Report.
22nd Session of the IPCC (IPCC-22)
In the cooperative spirit of the IPCC, delegates approved a process for developing an AR4 Synthesis Report and a decision on the IPCC programme and budget for 2005-08.
18th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-18)
Delegates adopted the Synthesis Report of the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report, drawing on all previously approved and accepted IPCC reports to address nine policy-relevant questions identified by the IPCC, based on submissions by governments. It was the first such report prepared by the IPCC.
17th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-17)
Delegates accepted the actions of the three IPCC Working Groups with regard to adopting the three sections of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) while also considering progress on the TAR Synthesis Report and discussing the future of the IPCC.