The IPCC has been engaged in disseminating the findings of its reports among various audiences and regions. IPCC officials (Bureau members) and experts (Lead Authors) are often
invited to make presentations at important national and international conferences and meetings. They are also available, on request, to answer questions from journalists and other
members of the Press. These requests are handled via the IPCC Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.
The IPCC also organizes occasional outreach events, for example a number of outreach events were held after the release and launch of the IPCC’s Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and
Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN). Information about these events can be found under Presentations and Speeches.
In addition to regular demands from governments and academic researchers, the IPCC also receives requests from journalists, students (school children to Ph.D. level), members of civil society,
researchers from the private sector, and occasionally from other international organizations. The IPCC handles many of these requests in collaboration with the respective Working Groups. The
IPCC also occasionally assists other organizations to develop communication opportunities and information products based on IPCC scientific findings.
This corner aims to quickly provide users with information on IPCC news and outreach activities, as well as some activities organized by partner organizations.
The IPCC regularly organizes outreach and press events on the release of approved IPCC reports.
For more information on press-related events, see: press information.
For more information on recent outreach events, please see the events and presentations page.
For more information on past outreach events, please see past events.
All IPCC reports are available online. Summaries of the reports - namely Summary for Policymakers - are provided in the different UN official languages.
For all presentations on all recent and past IPCC reports please see Presentations and Speeches.
For information on the IPCC's structure, procedures and information on the history of the IPCC and its work please see Organization and brochure on the history of the IPCC "Understanding Climate Change: 22 years of IPCC assessment".
- Information on recently released IPCC Reports
- Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN)
- Upcoming IPCC Reports
- Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (report to be released in 2013/2014)
- Special Report on "Managing the Risk of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation" (report to be released in November 2011)
- Other Information
- Graphics and Data
- Frequently Asked Questions on the WG I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report
The IPCC Assessment Reports sometimes include FAQs that are prepared by the authors of these IPCC reports. For the Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group I prepared
such FAQs and they are part of the Working Group I full report. For the Fifth Assessment Report, FAQs will now be prepared for each Working Group report.
- Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI)
The Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) was established by the IPCC to oversee the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme (IPCC-NGGIP). The
core activity is to develop and refine an internationally-agreed methodology and software for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and removals and to encourage
its use by countries participating in the IPCC and by parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The NGGIP also established and maintains an
Emission Factor Database.
- The IPCC Scholarship Programme
- Previous Outreach Material
IPCC events and presentations on the release of IPCC reports
The IPCC regularly organizes outreach and press events on the release of approved IPCC reports. For more information on press-related events, see: press information. For more
information on outreach events, please see the events and presentations page.
Development of outreach material
The IPCC Secretariat puts out a number of outreach-related brochures about the IPCC and its assessment process. The IPCC's Working Groups also occasionally puts out IPCC-approved Frequently Asked Questions as
part of their Assessment Reports. For more information, see IPCC Outreach Material.
IPCC Expert participation in outside conferences and other events
The IPCC Secretariat in Geneva is regularly coordinating and managing numerous requests for
IPCC expert participation in upcoming conferences organized by other organizations, and other
events related to climate change. Organizations with such requests for IPCC expert participation
or contribution should contact the IPCC Secretariat.
The list of meetings and events serviced by IPCC speakers and contributors is regularly updated
and published internally. For more information please contact Ms. Sophie Schlingemann,
Legal and Outreach Officer.
Distribution of IPCC reports and other documentation
The IPCC Secretariat can distribute free of charge the following reports and documentation:
the Summaries for Policymakers of the Working Group contributions to the Assessment Reports,
the Synthesis Reports, Special Reports, Methodology Reports and Technical Papers. A limited
number of hard copies of the full reports are also available on request from the IPCC
Secretariat for developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Secretariat
also organizes the translation of some full reports and the summaries of many reports into
the official UN languages. Most IPCC Reports published since 1997, including non-English versions,
are available online on the IPCC website and on CD-ROMs. Translations into some non UN
languages are also made available on the IPCC website.
For more information, please contact the Office Assistant for Outreach and Web,
Ms. Laura Biagioni.
Requests for reproduction and distribution of IPCC report content
The IPCC Secretariat is also continually handling requests for the reproduction and distribution
of content from already published IPCC Assessment Reports and Special Reports.
The IPCC publications and the partial reproduction and distribution of their content form an important
part of IPCC's outreach work. Such reproduction and distribution are subject to the
copyright policy of the IPCC and her parent organizations, UNEP and WMO, to ensure that the
reproduction accurately reflects the content and scientific meaning of the IPCC reports and
that the IPCC material is not used for uncontrolled commercial purposes. For more information
please contact Ms. Sophie Schlingemann,
Legal and Outreach Officer.
The IPCC website
The regular updating of the main IPCC website is managed through the IPCC Secretariat in
Geneva. For any technical inquiries with regards to the IPCC website, please contact
Mr. Jesbin Baidya, IT Officer.
This page directs public users to material on climate change from our partner organizations.
It also provides links to material especially intended for youth.
Display of this material on our website does not imply IPCC endorsement or approval
of these sources of information or conclusions contained herein. None have been
subjected to IPCC review.
Key useful links from major UN Partners
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Gateway to the UN System's work on Climate Change
Links to material from our UN partner organizations on climate change
- WMO Outreach Publications
- UNEP publications,
including UNEP's book entitled "Climate in Peril: a popular guide to the latest IPCC reports"
- UNEP's multimedia news center with videos, animations and interviews, including the
following short films:
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) homepage and UNFCCC Essential Background on climate change
Links to material intended for youth from our UN partner organizations
-
WMO's Weather, climate and water science for youth
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UNEP's Tunza corner for Youth and Children
Interactive Graphics
(The following material is not IPCC-material, but it is partially based on IPCC
material. Linking to this material from the IPCC website does not imply IPCC endorsement or
approval of these sources of information or conclusions contained herein. None have been
subjected to IPCC review.)
Other information in the UN system:
- Searchable database/inventory of UN system activities on climate change
- UNEP and climate change
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and climate change
- UNDP (Environment and Energy)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- UN Habitat and their work on Climate Change and Cities
- OCHA - Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- UNISDR & Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction (2009)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- The FAO contains facts and information about agriculture, forestry and land cover and how they affect climate.
- Climpag is aimed at bringing together the various aspects and interactions between weather, climate and agriculture in the general context of food security.
- Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
- The Global Climate Observing System
addresses the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic,
terrestrial, hydrologic, and cryospheric components.
- UNFCCC Greenhouse gas inventory data
- World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
- The International Council for Science (ICSU)
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
- Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Other UN and international organisations
- Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations University (UNU)
- World Health Organization (WHO)