IPCC
UN climate body
IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body established in 1988 to assess scientific research on climate change.
The IPCC doesn't conduct original research but synthesizes existing studies to produce comprehensive assessment reports that inform international climate policy.
Its periodic reports represent the scientific consensus on global warming, its causes, and projected impacts.
The latest IPCC report warned of accelerating ice sheet loss.
Teams formed for projects
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- confidence levelsDegrees of assurance measured
- chaptersMain divisions of text
authors · drafts · approval · acceptance · citations
Reduction of severity
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- frameworksFoundational organizational systems
- Paris AgreementGlobal warming limitation accord
COP · negotiations · decarbonization · net zero · equity
Emissions that trap heat
- temperature riseIncrease in heat level
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
carbon budget · tipping points · feedback loops · attribution · paleoclimate · ocean acidification · cryosphere
International governmental organization
- UNEPEnvironmental arm of international body
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- scientific consensusPrevailing expert judgment
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
working groups
Teams formed for projects
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- confidence levelsDegrees of assurance measured
chapters · authors · drafts · approval · acceptance · citations
mitigation
Reduction of severity
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- frameworksFoundational organizational systems
Paris Agreement · COP · negotiations · decarbonization · net zero · equity
greenhouse gases
Emissions that trap heat
- temperature riseIncrease in heat level
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
methane · carbon budget · tipping points · feedback loops · attribution · paleoclimate · ocean acidification · cryosphere
United Nations
International governmental organization
- UNEPEnvironmental arm of international body
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- scientific consensusPrevailing expert judgment
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, CO2, carbon emissions
- Climate Politicsglobal warming, carbon tax, Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, emissions
- Global OrganizationsUnited Nations, UN, European Union, EU, NATO
- climate modelsforecast model, weather model, ensemble, grid cell, downscaling
- climateweather, global warming, temperature, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
IPCCclimate denial
Rejecting scientific consensus on warming
climate skepticism · climate deniers · fossil fuel lobby · contrarianism
Facility for scientific investigation
primary research · advocacy group · original research · NASA · NOAA
IPCCOPEC
Petroleum exporters' coalition
fossil fuel industry · ExxonMobil · coal industry · API · petrostates
intergovernmental, governmental, government, govern, governor, governess, governance, panel, climate