Can humanity stop climate change?
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
To base international policy it is necessary to provide strict scientific analysis of the whole information on all aspects, which are connected with climate change. That’s why Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed. It generates and represents scientific, technical and socio-economic information on climate change problem to world society by means of periodical Assessment Reports.
IPCC was formed in the year 1988 under support of UN Environment Program in collaboration with WMO. In fact, this group is the world scientists’ community, which united its efforts for representing of scientific information, necessary for coordination of international and national efforts on climate systems saving.
IPCC objectives are as follows:
- to estimate conditions of knowledge on climate system and climate change (Working Group I);
- to study biological, socio-economic influence of climate change (Working Group II);
- to study and determine possible ways of climate change (Work Group II);
- to study and determine possible degrees of greenhouse gas emission reduce (Working Group III).
Aim group on National GHG Inventory observes GHG National Inventory Program.
IPCC has already prepared three Reports. First Assessment Report (1990) had confirmed science evidence of climate change that made a great effect on politicians and public as well and became the basis for the discussions of International Convention on Climate Change. Second Assessment Report (1995) had contributed major investment to the discussion, directed to the ratification of Kyoto Protocol for FCCC in the year 1997. Third Assessment Report represents all-round and modern estimate of scientific, technical and social-economic data on climate change.
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Source:
IPCC Third Assessment Report, 2001