The IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , have around 195 countries as member. The IPCC is a scientific body established in 1988 by: the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) . It was created to provide objective, scientific assessments about: climate change, its causes, its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts, and possible adaptation and mitigation strategies. 📘 What It Does