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Australian Participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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  • John W. Zillman

    (Former Director, Australian Bureau of Meteorology)

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988 to provide an authoritative assessment of the state of knowledge of climate change science and impacts and to develop realistic strategies for management of the climate change issue. Following the establishment of a separate United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change and the subsequent signing and entry into force of the Convention, the IPCC reverted to the role of providing policy-neutral but policy-relevant assessments of the contemporary state of knowledge, as contained in the published literature, of the science, impacts and response options for climate change. Australian Government representatives and Australian climate scientists played a major part in the establishment of the IPCC and its operation over the past twenty years including key roles in the preparation of virtually all of its reports. Australia chaired the committee which proposed the structure and membership of the initial IPCC Working Groups, served as Vice-Chair of the Impacts Working Group for the IPCC's First Assessment Report, engaged more national experts in the review of its first assessment of the science of climate change than any other country except the US, has provided almost one hundred Lead Authors and several hundred reviewers for its four major assessments and has served continuously on its coordinating Bureau since its inception. Australian delegations have participated in every formal intergovernmental session of the Panel and its Working Groups and have made a significant contribution to the scientific integrity of the IPCC assessment process.

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  • John W. Zillman, 2008. "Australian Participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Energy & Environment, , vol. 19(1), pages 21-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:19:y:2008:i:1:p:21-42
    DOI: 10.1260/095830508783563145
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    1. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen & Aynsley Kellow, 2002. "International Environmental Policy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2532.
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