政府間氣候變遷專家小組（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change；IPCC）

政府間氣候變遷專家小組（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change；IPCC）可能是建立機制，在制定政策時提供科學建言的最有名例子。世界氣象組織（World Meteorological Organization；WMO）和聯合國環境規劃署（United Nations Environment Programme；UNEP）於1988年設立IPCC，目的是提供氣候變遷的現狀，以及科學界對它的潛在環境和社會經濟影響的清楚觀點給全世界。IPCC本身不作原始的研究，但會檢討和定期評估最近的科學、技術與社會經濟研究。Probably the best known example of a mechanism for informing policymaking with scientific advice is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic consequences. The IPCC does not carry out its own original re-search, but reviews and produces periodic assessments of recent scientific, technical and socio-economic research.（摘自New frontiers in science diplomacy）