The IPCC, or IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange, is the U.N. body whose lengthy reports are supposed to be the gold standard for what the world knows about climatechange.
Mrs Merkel backed the idea of forming a scientific panel to collate and assess research on biodiversity loss, as the IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC) assesses evidence on climatic indicators.
He sides with his father, an eminent climate scientist, in believing that the consensus view of climatechange, as set forth by the IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC), understates human influence on the climate.