The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to give governments clear scientific information about climate change. The panel does not carry out its own research. Instead, thousands of scientists volunteer to review and assess published studies and write comprehensive assessment reports, which are checked by governments before they are approved. Its first report in 1990 helped lead to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and later reports informed the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. In 2007 it shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Its conclusions have grown steadily firmer that human activity is warming the planet.
Before and after
- 9 December 1987Creation of Windows 2.0
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 19 December 1987Birth of Karim Benzema
- 1988Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988Founding of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 1988Publication of The Alchemist
- 1988Rise of anti-globalization movement
- 1988Creation of GNU Octave
- 1988Publication of A Brief History of Time
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- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
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