The 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) closed on Thursday (Oct. 8) in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Key issue in the Agenda was the election of the IPCC’s new Bureau. The meeting has also covered issues ranging from the development of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) cycle to procedural matters and budget adjustments. Discussions on the read more…
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IPCC under scrutiny ahead of new assessment cycle
After a week of work, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agreed on a set of decisions mainly aimed at making its reports more accessible and increasing involvement of developing countries. The Meeting was the first after the release of the Fifth Assessment Report and followed the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri as Chairman of read more…
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Change at the top of IPCC as panel chief Rajendra Pachauri steps down
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Tuesday (Feb. 24) gave forth that Vice-Chair Ismail El Gizouli was designated as Acting IPCC Chair following the decision by Rajendra K Pachauri to step down as Chairman of the UN panel of climate scientists. The news came ahead of the 41st Session of the IPCC starting on Feb. 24 in Nairobi, Kenya, the first meeting read more…
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Climate change threatens irreversible and dangerous impacts but all we need is the will to change, IPCC says
On Sunday, 2 November 2014 the IPCC made public the Synthesis Report of its latest assessment round on the science, impacts and solutions of climate change: the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The Synthesis Report draws together the most significant findings from each of the three Working Groups’ reports and the two Special Reports to provide read more…
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IPCC to release the Synthesis Report of its Fifth Assessment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares to finalize the last piece of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) cycle, a full update of the state of knowledge on climate change from the previous Assessment Report released in 2007. The Synthesis Report (codename: SYR) is going to be considered from 27 to 31 of October in read more…
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Mitigation requires major institutional and technological change, IPCC says
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gathered in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday (April, 12) approved the third part of the Fifth Assessment report (the former report, AR4, dates back to 2007). The contribution of the Working Group III, assessing current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change, is available online. The Panel adopted its WGI contribution read more…
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IPCC issues report on climate risks, impacts and adaptation
Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday (March, 31) released the second instalment of the Fifth Assessment Report, concerning the impacts of climate change on human and natural systems, climate-related risks and vulnerabilities, options and benefits for adaptation. The final draft and the Summary for Policymakers, approved line-by-line by scientists and read more…
