IPCC was setup in 1988 by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with the objective of providing governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies.
It currently has 195 member-countries, apart from scientists, experts and voluntary organizations aiding in climatic assessment.
The IPCC is divided into three Working Groups and a Task Force. Working Group I deals with the physical science of Climate Change, Working Group II with climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability and Working Group III with mitigation of climate change.
The main objective of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is to develop and refine a methodology for the calculation and reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
IPCC Assessment Reports: The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place. So far 5 assessment reports have been published with the last one published in 2014 and the next one (6) is scheduled in 2022.
