| Consider the following statements regarding Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). |
| 1. World Meteorological Organisation is one of the parent organisations of the IPCC. |
| 2. Its mission is to provide comprehensive scientific assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information about the risk of climate change caused by human activity. |
| 3. The IPCC also carries out its own original research regarding climate change. |
| 4. It also carries out the work of monitoring climate or related phenomena itself. |
| Which of the statements given above are correct? |
A) 3 and 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) All of these
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
[b] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific Intergovernmental body set up in 1998, by two organisations, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The IPCC does not carry out its own original research nor does it do the work of monitoring climate or related phenomena itself. A main activity of the IPCC is publishing special reports on topics relevant to the implementation of the (UNFCCC), an international treaty that acknowledges the possibility of harmful climate change. The IPCC bases its assessment mainly on peer reviewed and published scientific literature. Membership of the IPCC is open to all members of the WMO and UNEP,
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