Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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United Nations body intergovernmental organization

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a United Nations body that assesses scientific research on climate change to inform global policy and decision-making.

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IPCC	4
IPCC Plenary	1
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations body ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ
areaOfWork	climate change ⓘ climate change adaptation ⓘ climate change mitigation ⓘ climate science assessment ⓘ greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ impacts of climate change ⓘ
awarded	Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
awardYear	2007 ⓘ
coLaureateWith	Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ surface form: Al Gore
decisionMakingBody	Plenary ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
foundedIn	1988 ⓘ
hasSubOrganization	Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ⓘ Working Group I ⓘ Working Group II ⓘ Working Group III ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
influences	Paris Agreement negotiations ⓘ international climate policy ⓘ
mandateGivenBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
membership	member governments ⓘ
method	assessment of peer‑reviewed scientific literature ⓘ
notableWork	Fifth Assessment Report ⓘ First Assessment Report ⓘ Fourth Assessment Report ⓘ Second Assessment Report ⓘ Sixth Assessment Report ⓘ Special Report on Climate Change and Land ⓘ Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C ⓘ Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate ⓘ Third Assessment Report ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
produces	assessment reports ⓘ methodology reports ⓘ special reports ⓘ
purpose	assess scientific information related to climate change ⓘ inform policymakers about climate change ⓘ provide regular assessments of climate change science ⓘ support international climate negotiations ⓘ
recognizedBy	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
secretariatLocation	Geneva ⓘ
shortName	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IPCC
supportedBy	IPCC Secretariat ⓘ
typeOfMembership	intergovernmental ⓘ
website	https://www.ipcc.ch ⓘ
workingGroupIFocus	physical science basis of climate change ⓘ
workingGroupIIFocus	impacts, adaptation and vulnerability ⓘ
workingGroupIIIFocus	mitigation of climate change ⓘ

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Special Report on Climate Change and Land → approvedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: IPCC Plenary

First Assessment Report → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Second Assessment Report → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Sixth Assessment Report → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on Climate Change and Land → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate → author → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Albert Gore, Jr. → co-recipientWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

subject surface form: Albert Gore Jr.

United Nations Environment Programme → coFounded → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

World Meteorological Organization → cofounderOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks → conformsTo → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines

Directorate-General for Climate Action → cooperatesWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

International Oceanographic Commission → cooperatesWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

World Meteorological Congress → cooperatesWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

World Meteorological Organization → cooperatesWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research → coordinatesWith → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

ICESat missions → dataUsedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group II → establishedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group III → foundedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

IPCC Secretariat → namedAfter → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories → operatesUnder → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

IPCC Secretariat → parentOrganization → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group II → parentOrganization → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group III → parentOrganization → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

IPCC Secretariat → partOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories → partOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group I → partOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group II → partOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Working Group III → partOf → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Fifth Assessment Report → publishedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Fourth Assessment Report → publishedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Second Assessment Report → publishedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: IPCC

Third Assessment Report → publishedBy → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Fifth Assessment Report → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: IPCC

Fourth Assessment Report → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: IPCC

Second Assessment Report → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Sixth Assessment Report → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on Climate Change and Land → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate → publisher → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Conference of the Parties (COP) climate negotiations → relatedTo → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Emissions Gap Report → relatedTo → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Global Climate Observing System → relatedTo → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change → shortName → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IPCC

Global Atmosphere Watch → supports → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ

Conference of the Parties (COP) climate negotiations → usesScientificInputFrom → Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ