The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options.
Through its assessments, the IPCC determines the state of knowledge on climate change. It identifies where there is agreement in the scientific community on topics related to climate change, and where further research is needed. The reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.
The IPCC does not conduct its own research. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports are neutral, policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. The assessment reports are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. Created by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988, the IPCC has 195 Member countries. In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.
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- Opening Remarks by IPCC Chair Jim Skea at the 63rd Session of the IPCC 27 October 202527 October 2025, Lima, Peru. Check against delivery Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hugo de Zela, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources at the Ministry of Environment, Ms Raquel Hilianova Soto Torres, Director of Climate Change Division of the UN Environment Programme, Martin Krause, Distinguished delegates, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, […]
- Upcoming IPCC’s Sixty-third Plenary in Lima, Peru 23 October 2025The representatives of member governments and observer organizations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be meeting in Lima, Peru, from 27 to 30 October 2025. The Panel, comprising 195 member governments, is expected to continue discussions on the workplan of the Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report, as well as […]
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