*United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking plac
Through its assessments, the IPCC determines the state of knowledge on climate change. It identifies where there is agreement in the scientific community on topics related to climate change, and where further research is needed. The reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency. The IPCC does not conduct its own research. IPCC reports are neutral, policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. The assessment reports are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change.
*White House’s National Climate Task Force was formed to coordinate all agencies of the federal government to combat climate change.
*The Rain Forest Alliance refutes climate change deniers in this article.
*The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) was launched in 1996. At that point in time, their strategy was simple: enact federal policy to force older coal plants to meet the same emission rates as new plants. Around 10 years ago, CATF recognized that energy efficiency and renewables might not, on their own, be enough to slow global warming at the necessary rate and we needed a deeper and broader strategy to address carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions from power generation, as well as fuel production and ultimately transportation and industrial sources, the latter two together representing most global carbon emissions. Their website sates that “Over the past 25 years, CATF has carved out a unique role in the environmental and climate movement as a science-driven, solutions-focused, and strategic organization that gets results.”