A common sense of scientific knowledge is important to international environmental cooperation. Governments generally fund the research and reporting of environmental science, since businesses have no reason to do so.
*The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed in 1988. It has since produced four assessment reports on climate change, in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007, which are the most highly regarded scientific documents on climate change. The IPCC has said that: 1. The air and water temperatures on Earth are definitely rising, and 2. This is “very likely” (or over 90%) because of more greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, being released into the atmosphere.
