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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
established by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and the World Meteorological Organization. The IPCC is a
collaborative body comprising over 2,000 climate scientists
worldwide. Its main activity is to provide at regular intervals an
assessment of the state of knowledge on climate change. -
First IPCC Report
The Report confirmed
that climate change was a reality and was supported by scientific data -
Global economic crisis
The reduction in international will to
negotiate on carbon emissions reductions as national economies
fall but this fall results in lower GHG emissions from industry