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| Honoring the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| Co-Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a
scientific intergovernmental body tasked to evaluate the risk
of climate change caused by human activity. The panel was
established in 1988 by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), two organizations of the United Nations.
The IPCC is a scientific body: the
information it provides with its
reports is based on scientific
evidence and reflects existing view-
points within the scientific
community. The comprehensive-
ness of the scientific content is achieved through
contributions from experts in all regions of the world and all
relevant disciplines including, where appropriately
documented, industry literature and traditional practices, and
a two stage review process by experts and governments.
Because of its intergovernmental nature, the IPCC is able to
provide scientific technical and socio-economic information in
a policy-relevant but policy neutral way to decision makers.
When governments accept the IPCC reports and approve
their Summary for Policymakers, they acknowledge the
legitimacy of their scientific content.
The IPCC provides its reports at regular intervals and they
immediately become standard works
of reference, widely used by policy-
makers, experts and students.
In December 2007, the IPCC was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2007
"for their efforts to build up and
disseminate greater knowledge about
man-made climate change, and to lay
the foundations for the measures that are needed to
counteract such change."
The award is shared with Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore
for his work on climate change and the documentary "An
Inconvenient Truth."
scientific intergovernmental body tasked to evaluate the risk
of climate change caused by human activity. The panel was
established in 1988 by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), two organizations of the United Nations.
The IPCC is a scientific body: the
information it provides with its
reports is based on scientific
evidence and reflects existing view-
points within the scientific
community. The comprehensive-
ness of the scientific content is achieved through
contributions from experts in all regions of the world and all
relevant disciplines including, where appropriately
documented, industry literature and traditional practices, and
a two stage review process by experts and governments.
Because of its intergovernmental nature, the IPCC is able to
provide scientific technical and socio-economic information in
a policy-relevant but policy neutral way to decision makers.
When governments accept the IPCC reports and approve
their Summary for Policymakers, they acknowledge the
legitimacy of their scientific content.
The IPCC provides its reports at regular intervals and they
immediately become standard works
of reference, widely used by policy-
makers, experts and students.
In December 2007, the IPCC was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2007
"for their efforts to build up and
disseminate greater knowledge about
man-made climate change, and to lay
the foundations for the measures that are needed to
counteract such change."
The award is shared with Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore
for his work on climate change and the documentary "An
Inconvenient Truth."
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Rajendra Pachauri,
chair of the UN’s
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate
Change
chair of the UN’s
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate
Change
| A Clarion Call |
Coming as I do from India, a land which gave
birth to civilization in ancient times, where
much of the earlier tradition and wisdom
guides actions even in modern times, the
philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,”
which means “the whole universe is one
family,” must dominate global efforts to
protect the global commons. This principle is
crucial to the maintenance of peace and
order today, as it
would be increasingly
in the years ahead,
and as the well-
known columnist and
author Thomas
Friedman has high-
lighted in his book The World is Flat.
Neglect in protecting our heritage of natural
resources could prove extremely harmful for
the human race and for all species that share
common space on planet earth. Indeed,
there are many lessons in human history
which provide adequate warning about the
chaos and destruction that could take place if
we remain guilty of myopic indifference to
the progressive erosion and decline of nature’
s resources.
Much has been written, for instance, about
the Maya civilization, which flourished during
250 to 950 A.D., but collapsed largely as
a result of serious and prolonged drought....
Changes in climate have historically
determined periods of peace, as well as
conflict....
Peace can be defined as security and the
secure access to resources that are essential
for living. A disruption in such access
could prove disruptive of peace. In this
regard, climate change will have several
implications, as numerous adverse impacts are
expected for some populations, in terms of
access to clean water, access to sufficient
food, stable health conditions, ecosystem
resources, security of settlements....
Societies have a long record of adapting to
the impacts of weather and climate. But
climate change today poses novel risks,
often outside the range of experience, such
as impacts related to drought, heat waves,
accelerated glacier retreat and hurricane
intensity. The global community needs to
coordinate a far more proactive effort
towards implementing adaptation
measures in the most vulnerable
communities and systems in the world....
Source: Democracy Now!
birth to civilization in ancient times, where
much of the earlier tradition and wisdom
guides actions even in modern times, the
philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,”
which means “the whole universe is one
family,” must dominate global efforts to
protect the global commons. This principle is
crucial to the maintenance of peace and
order today, as it
would be increasingly
in the years ahead,
and as the well-
known columnist and
author Thomas
Friedman has high-
lighted in his book The World is Flat.
Neglect in protecting our heritage of natural
resources could prove extremely harmful for
the human race and for all species that share
common space on planet earth. Indeed,
there are many lessons in human history
which provide adequate warning about the
chaos and destruction that could take place if
we remain guilty of myopic indifference to
the progressive erosion and decline of nature’
s resources.
Much has been written, for instance, about
the Maya civilization, which flourished during
250 to 950 A.D., but collapsed largely as
a result of serious and prolonged drought....
Changes in climate have historically
determined periods of peace, as well as
conflict....
Peace can be defined as security and the
secure access to resources that are essential
for living. A disruption in such access
could prove disruptive of peace. In this
regard, climate change will have several
implications, as numerous adverse impacts are
expected for some populations, in terms of
access to clean water, access to sufficient
food, stable health conditions, ecosystem
resources, security of settlements....
Societies have a long record of adapting to
the impacts of weather and climate. But
climate change today poses novel risks,
often outside the range of experience, such
as impacts related to drought, heat waves,
accelerated glacier retreat and hurricane
intensity. The global community needs to
coordinate a far more proactive effort
towards implementing adaptation
measures in the most vulnerable
communities and systems in the world....
Source: Democracy Now!
