Proper noun
(climate change, UN) Initialism of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: an intergovernmental body of the United Nations, established in 1988, aiming to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities.
(education, India) Initialism of Integrated Professional Competency Course: a course of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
(Ireland) Initialism of Irish Peatland Conservation Council.
(government, England, Wales) Initialism of Independent Police Complaints Commission: a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe role of urban areas within the climate system is yet another human climate effect whose role was minimized in the 2007 IPCC WG1 Report. Roger A. Pielke
The objectivity of the IPCC documents is laudable. But the fact that the group recognizes its model weaknesses and is trying to improve them doesn't make its conclusions stronger or more believable. Orrin H. Pilkey
All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes. Nils-Axel Morner
We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports. Bjorn Lomborg
459 pp. This EPA estimate is based on methodologies agreed to by the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC, with 100-year global warming potentials from the IPCC Second Assessment Report used in estimating GHG emissions as carbon dioxide equivalents. Source: Internet
Annual cash contributions to the Trust Fund are made by the WMO, by UNEP, and by IPCC Members; the scale of payments is determined by the IPCC Panel, which is also responsible for considering and adopting by consensus the annual budget. Source: Internet