The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to "provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to deve
Adoption of the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C in 2018
IPCC Third Assessment Report Working Group I Co-chair Sir John T. Houghton showing a figure that was included in the "Summary for Policymakers" of that report ("hockey stick graph") at a climate conference in 2005
The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations System. Its mandate is to provide leadership, deliver science and d
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
…governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies". The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up the IPCC in 1988. The UN endorsed the creation of the IPCC later that year. It has a secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by the…
UNEP Conference on Ozone Layer in The Hague, 1988
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen at the UN Biodiversity conference, 2022
Presentation on climate finance by Søren E. Lütken, UNEP Senior Adviser, 2012
The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh, delivering the inaugural address at the Reporting Green: UNEP Media Workshop on Journalism and the Environment during the International Year of Forests, 2011