Ipieca is a global
not-for-profit oil and gas industry association
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*Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
*Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
*Voluntary associatio ...
for
environmental
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and
social issues, headquartered in London. The association was established in 1974 as the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association and changed its name in 2002.
Company members contribute to Ipieca's budget according to an individually agreed percentage based on the volume of
crude oil produced and
petroleum products
Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. The m ...
sold by each company and the number of geographical areas where the company has interests.
Ipieca is the industry channel into UN's
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the
UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...
, both concerned with
climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...
.
Its geographical coverage encompasses North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the global
energy market
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.
Beginning in the 1980s, the organization was involved in efforts to dispute climate science and weaken international climate policy.
See also
*
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) is the petroleum industry's global forum in which members identify and share best practices to achieve improvements in health, safety, the environment, security, social responsibility, eng ...
, set up at the same time and in the same place
References
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External links
*https://www.ipieca.org
Ipieca reporting table BP Sustainability Report 2016
Petroleum industry