IPCC was setup in 1988 by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with the objective of providing governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies.
It currently has 195 member-countries, apart from scientists, experts and voluntary organizations aiding in climatic assessment.
The IPCC is divided into three Working Groups and a Task Force. Working Group I deals with the physical science of Climate Change, Working Group II with climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability and Working Group III with mitigation of climate change.
