Onerous for Experts, IPCC Process in Danger of Becoming Politicized

摘要

Despite attacks from climate skeptics and other opponents of action on climate change, as well as its own missteps, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is broadly viewed as the world's most legitimate scientific body that periodically assesses the natural and social science of climate change for policy audiences. Established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program, the IPCC's purpose is to assess and synthesize scientific research on climate change, its impacts, and response options. But growing inefficiencies and other limitations have made the IPCC an increasingly problematic forum for qualified scholars.