Activities
The IPCC concentrates its activities on the tasks allotted to it by the relevant WMO Executive Council and UNEP Governing Council resolutions and decisions as well as on actions in support of the UNFCCC process.
In April 2006, the IPCC released the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report or AR4. Reports of the workshops held so far are available at the IPCC website.
- Working Group I:
- Report was due to be finalized during February 2007 and was finished on schedule.
- By May 2005, there had been 3 AR4 meetings, with only public information being meeting locations, an author list, one invitation, one agenda, and one list of presentation titles.
- By December 2006, governments were reviewing the revised summary for policy makers.
- Working Group II:
- Report was due to be finalized in mid-2007 and was completed on schedule.
- In May 2005, there had been 2 AR4 meetings, with no public information released.
- One shared meeting with WG III had taken place, with a published summary.
- Working Group III:
- Report was due to be finalized in mid-2007.
- In May 2005, there had been 1 AR4 meeting, with no public information released.
The AR4 Synthesis Report (SYR) was finalized in November 2007. Documentation on the scoping meetings for the AR4 are available as are the outlines for the WG I report PDF (11.5 KB) and a provisional author list PDF (108 KB).
While the preparation of the assessment reports is a major IPCC function, it also supports other activities, such as the Data Distribution Centre and the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, required under the UNFCCC. This involves publishing default emission factors, which are factors used to derive emissions estimates based on the levels of fuel consumption, industrial production and so on.
The IPCC also often answers inquiries from the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
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