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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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| Org type | Panel | ||||
| Acronyms | IPCC | ||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Website | http://www.ipcc.ch/ | ||||
| Wikimedia Commons |  United Nations | ||||
| Portal |  United Nations Portal | ||||
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body[1][2] tasked to evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity. The panel was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), two organizations of the United Nations. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President of the United States Al Gore
