An overview on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

 The IPCC Panel was established during its inaugural session taking place in Geneva from 9th to 11th November 1988. The Memorandum of Understanding between  UNEP and WMO signed in 1989 lists the objectives of the panel:

    1) To make assessments of available scientific information on climate change;

    2) To make assessments of environmental and socio economic impacts of climate change;

    3) To formulate response strategies to meet the challenge of climate change.

The Panel to fulfill its objectives constituted three Working Groups, responsible to respectively pursue each of those objectives, the joint IPCC Secretariat, based in the WMO headquarters in Geneva, and the IPCC Bureau in charge for supporting the activities of the three working groups.

The following factsheet summaries the activities carried out by the Panel since its constitution.