Thursday 8 October 2015

Who has been appointed as chief of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Who has been appointed as chief of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Options

1) Hoesung Lee

2) Ban ki moon

3) kofi anan

4) vladimir Dostoevsky

answer

1) Hoesung Lee

Other details

Hoesung Lee   is a South Korean economist.

He is professor in the economics of climate change, energy and sustainable development in the Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology at Korea University in the Republic of Korea.

Lee received his B.A. in economics from Seoul National University and a Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University.

 Lee was elected as the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on October 6, 2015.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body under the auspices of the United Nations,set up at the request of member governments

 It was first established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and later endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 43/53.

Membership of the IPCC is open to all members of the WMO and UNEP.

The IPCC produces reports that support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is the main international treaty on climate change




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