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- Established: 1988
- Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
- Chairman: Rajendra K. Pachauri
- Secretary: Renate Christ
- Deputy Secretary: Gilles Sommeria
- Phone number: +41-22-730-8208 / 84
- Fax: +41-22-730-8025 / 13
- Email: IPCC-Sec@wmo.int
- Split into three working groups and the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with former Vice President Al Gore
- Does not conduct its own scientific research; pulls together scientific and technical studies released during the period between reports
- Studies are reviewed in two stages by scientists and governments
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization to objectively evaluate the potential risks of climate change on the Earth. The panel has published four comprehensive reports on climate change (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007).Official Site: IPCC Reports
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Questions
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What roles does the Arctic Ocean play in the global climate? 1 AnswerThe question might better be rephrased as, "What role did the Arctic Ocean *not* have in the Global Climate", in that it was frozen over with a white ice-cap th... read more -
what is climate change? 4 AnswersClimate change is the process whereby the climate norm of an area changes to a degree that a new norm is established. So if a temperate zone experienced enough... read more -
What are the emotional impacts of Climate Change? 2 AnswersEven mild climate change can produce interesting emotions. For example, if you always associated "back to school" time with changing leaves, but now the leaves... read more
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