Preparing for Climate Change - International Action
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with unavoidable climate change and its impacts.
Additional Resources
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). It was established to provide decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. The main activity of the IPCC is to provide assessment and other reports of the state of knowledge on climate change, its impacts, and appropriate actions. The most recent major report is Climate Change 2007, referred to as the “Fourth Assessment Report” and released in four distinct sections:
- The report of Working Group II (WGII), Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, provides a detailed synthesis of current scientific knowledge about climate change impacts, related vulnerabilities, and actions to respond and prepare for these impacts.
- The entire AR4, including the Working Group II report, is summarized and interpreted in the Synthesis Report (SYR).
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