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<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">What is the IPCC?</h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The IPCC is an intergovernmental body and focuses on the science-policy interface, i.e. handing over scientific information so that it can underpin government decisions on how to address climate change.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">It is open to all member countries of the United Nations (UN) and WMO.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Reports are written by scientists drawn from around the world based on their expertise and geographical balance.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Governments participate in the review process and the plenary Sessions, where main decisions about the IPCC work programme are taken and reports are accepted, adopted and approved.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The IPCC provides guidelines and best practice advice on preparing greenhouse gas emissions inventories through its Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">IPCC Structure <strong><a title="http://ipcc.ch/organization/organization_structure... - link will open in a new window" href="http://ipcc.ch/organization/organization_structure.shtml" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">IPCC Reports <a title="http://www.ipcc.ch ... - link will open in a new window" href="http://www.ipcc.ch" target="_blank"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">What is the IPCC&nbsp; Bureau?</h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">The IPCC Bureau consists of the IPCC Chair, three IPCC Vice Chairs, Co-Chairs of the three Working Groups and the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and 6-8 members of each of the three Working Group Bureaus. The Bureau is chaired by the IPCC Chair (recently elected Dr Hoesung Lee from the Republic of Korea). The Bureau&rsquo;s work is supported by the IPCC Secretariat based in Geneva.</p>
<p>IPCC Bureau Composition <a title="http://ipcc.ch/nominations/results.shtml ... - link will open in a new window" href="http://ipcc.ch/nominations/results.shtml" target="_blank"><strong>Read more </strong></a></p>