True or False? The IPCC is responsible for drafting climate policy for governments worldwide.
Ans:True.
*The UN body responsible for evaluating climate change science is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
*The IPCC regularly assesses the scientific underpinnings of climate change, its effects and potential threats in the future, as well as available solutions for adaptation and mitigation.
*The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) founded the IPCC in 1988 with the intention of giving governments at all levels of government scientific data to use in developing climate policies.
*Input from IPCC reports is also important in global climate change negotiations.
*Governments that are associated with the WMO or the UN make up the IPCC.
*195 people presently make up the IPCC. The IPCC receives assistance from thousands of people throughout the globe.
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