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Vital Climate Graphics : Introduction to climate change
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14. In 1988, UNEP and WMO jointly established the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) as concern over climate change became a political issue.
The purpose of the IPCC was to assess the state of knowledge on the various
aspects of climate change including science, environmental and socio-economic
impacts and response strategies.

The IPCC is recognized as the most authoritative scientific and technical voice
on climate change, and its assessments had a profound influence on the
negotiators of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. The IPCC continues to provide governments with
scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to evaluating the
risks and developing a response to global climate change.

The IPCC is organized into three working groups plus a task force on national
greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. Each of these four bodies has two co-chairmen
(one from a developed and one from a developing country) and a technical support
unit. Working Group I assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and
climate change; Working Group II addresses the vulnerability of human and
natural systems to climate change, the negative and positive consequences of
climate change, and options for adapting to them; and Working Group III assesses
options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions and otherwise mitigating climate
change, as well as economic issues. Approximately 400 experts from some 120
countries are directly involved in drafting, revising and finalizing the IPCC
reports and another 2,500 experts participate in the review process. The IPCC
authors are nominated by governments and by international organizations
including NGOs.

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