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Which of the following statement/s is/are incorrect with respect to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

The IPCC was set up by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme.
It is headquartered in Geneva.
India is a member state of UNFCCC but not a member of IPCC.

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The IPCC is a scientific and intergovernmental body under the auspices of the United Nations set up at the request of member governments, dedicated to the task of providing the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change and its political and economic impacts.

Established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 and located at WMO headquarters in Geneva.

Aim: to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies.

It has 195 member states.

Membership of the IPCC is open to all members of the WMO and the UNEP.Thus India is member to both UNFCC (NON-ANNEX PARTIES) and IPCC.