The IPCC
September 2nd 2008 06:49
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme. Its aim is to provide decision makers and any other interested parties with objective information about climate change.
Although it is a scientific organisation, the IPCC does not conduct any research, and it doesn’t monitor climate related data. Instead, it uses information from experts in relevant fields around the world, and creates a series of reports which are then reviewed by experts and governments.
As part of the UN, the IPCC also aims to promote UN human development goals.
August 31 marked 20 years of the IPCC.
The Reports
The IPCC has produced four major climate assessment reports: in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007. Alongside these four are a series of supplementary reports produced by the three individual working groups that contributed to the overall assessment. These usually concern “The Scientific Basis”, “Impact, adaptation and vulnerability”, and “mitigation” of climate change.
All the IPCC reports can be viewed here
The Latest
The 2007 IPCC assessment report had some very forceful words for all you global warming doubters out there:
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level” (pg 30)
Just take a look at the graph below:
As you can see global temperatures and sea levels are rising, and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere is dropping. Why? According to the IPCC, its because Greenhouse Gas emissions are increasing (key below):
Maybe it's time to think about some energy efficient light bulbs...
Although it is a scientific organisation, the IPCC does not conduct any research, and it doesn’t monitor climate related data. Instead, it uses information from experts in relevant fields around the world, and creates a series of reports which are then reviewed by experts and governments.
As part of the UN, the IPCC also aims to promote UN human development goals.
August 31 marked 20 years of the IPCC.
The Reports
The IPCC has produced four major climate assessment reports: in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007. Alongside these four are a series of supplementary reports produced by the three individual working groups that contributed to the overall assessment. These usually concern “The Scientific Basis”, “Impact, adaptation and vulnerability”, and “mitigation” of climate change.
All the IPCC reports can be viewed here
The Latest
The 2007 IPCC assessment report had some very forceful words for all you global warming doubters out there:
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level” (pg 30)
Just take a look at the graph below:
IPCC 2007 Synthesis report, page 31
As you can see global temperatures and sea levels are rising, and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere is dropping. Why? According to the IPCC, its because Greenhouse Gas emissions are increasing (key below):
IPCC 2007 Synthesis report pg 36
IPCC 2007 Synthesis report pg 36
IPCC Synthesis Report pg 36
Maybe it's time to think about some energy efficient light bulbs...
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