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Periodic Reporting for period 3 - IPCC (Support for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to facilitate the preparation of its next Assessment Report)

Teaser

Summary

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has been jointly established by the United Nations Environment (UNE) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has been given the mandate to assess scientific information related to climate change, to evaluate the environmental and socio-economic consequences of climate change and to formulate realistic response strategies. The IPCC reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information published worldwide relevant to climate change. It does not conduct research itself.

The overall objective of the activity is to contribute to the production of more accurate scientific information in the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) to underpin global climate change policies. In addition it will include the organization of high-level dissemination events for IPCC reports in Europe.

Work performed

As the IPCC begins the AR6 cycle, elections were held to ensure that work on the AR6 can commence. The election resulted in a new Chair of the IPCC and the Bureau of the IPCC which comprises Co-chairs and Vice-Chairs for the three Working Groups of the IPCC and the Task Force Bureau (TFB).

An Outreach Event was held in Moscow, Russia to disseminate the findings of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), raise awareness and highlight solutions to the challenges of climate change within the Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

The AR6 Scoping Meeting took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1-5 May 2017. The main purpose of the meeting was to develop the structure and contents of the three Working Group contributions to the AR6 as well as a broad outline of the AR& Syntheses Report (SYR). The SYR will synthesize and integrate materials contained within the Assessment Reports and Special Reports and should be written in a non-technical style suitable for policymakers and address a broad range of policy-relevant but policy-neutral questions approved by the Panel. The SYR is composed of two sections as follows: (i) a Summary for Policymakers and (ii) a longer report. The SYR provides added value by offering genuine synthesis across Working Group reports and Special Reports which provides an integrated overview of the key findings across the reports of the cycle.

The 46th Session of the IPCC took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 6-10 September 2017. The aim of this meeting was to approve the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the AR6. The approved outlines draw on a combination of scientific expertise across a range of disciplines. The draft outlines had been prepared following the Scoping Meeting which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in May 2017.

Preparations for the main contributions of the three Working Groups to the AR6 have commenced with the organization of the First Lead Author Meetings (LAM1). The meetings were held as follows: (1) Working Goup I AR6 LAM1 was held in Guanzhou, China, 25-29 June 2018, (2) Working Group II AR6 LAM1 took place in Durban, South Africa, 21-25 January 2019 and (3) Working Group III AR6 LAM1 was held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1-5 April 2019.

Final results

The principal impact of the action will be to enhance policy-making with respect to climate change, including in developing countries. The main audience of IPCC reports is policymakers, international, national, regional and local. IPCC reports are policy-relevant, without being policy-prescriptive. The contributions of Working Groups, on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, and on mitigation, will be of particular practical relevance to policymakers in a range of areas, from disaster risk management to policy on renewables.