On Thursday, 31 March, Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continued its line-by-line review of the draft text of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the WGIII contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report. WGIII focuses on mitigation of climate change.
With the two-week session drawing near to its end, and significant work remaining, delegates met in four plenary sessions to review and approve text from every section of the SPM, including: the introduction and framing; recent developments and current trends; system transformations to limit global warming; linkages between mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development; and strengthening the response.
In contact group meetings, delegates discussed sections and subsections of the SPM relating to, inter alia:
- pathways and warming levels, peak warming, and patterns and transformations; and
- carbon dioxide removal.
WGIII will continue its work on Friday, 1 April.
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Selected Photos
WGIII Co-Chair Jim Skea (top left), WGIII Vice-Chair Ramón Pichs-Madruga (top right), and IPCC Vice-Chair Youba Sokona (bottom center)
Lars Nilsson, Chapter 11 Coordinating Lead Author
Christiane Textor, Germany
Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair
Øyvind Christophersen, Norway
Maria Jishi, Saudi Arabia
Phil Raymond, UK
Vilde Maria Lavoll, Norway
Karen Seto, Chapter 8 Coordinating Lead Author
Rémy Ruat, France
David Henry, Canada
Fabrice Lambert, Chile
Vera Olgers, the Netherlands
Oliver Geden, Chapter 12 Lead Author
Britanny Croll, US
Annette Cowie, Chapter 12 Lead Author
Yongxiang Zhang, China
Jacqueline Spence-Hemmings, Jamaica