Q. With reference to IPCC report, consider the following statements:
1.IPCC was set up by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
2.The IPCC itself will engage in intense scientific research before publishing their reports.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 is correct: IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Statement 2 is incorrect: The IPCC does not itself engage in scientific research. Instead, it asks scientists from around the world to go through all the relevant scientific literature related to climate change and draw up logical conclusions.
Source: PIB
