The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) worked intensively through the night on Friday and well into Saturday morning. The Panel’s work came down to the wire as delegates labored in plenary and huddles to secure consensus on the programme of work for the IPCC’s seventh assessment cycle. While delegates had converged on a general approach to the workplan, they struggled to overcome diverging view on key elements. Critical areas of disagreement included the types of products and the timeline for their delivery.
After extensive deliberations, the Panel Members agreed on a Programme of Work, which will include, inter alia:
- assessment reports from three working groups:
- WGI – The Physical Science Basis
- WGII – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
- WGIII – Mitigation of Climate Change
- a synthesis report;
- a distinct product revising and updating the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation, including adaptation indicators, metrics, and methodologies;
- a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
- a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers
- an Expert Meeting and Methodology Report on carbon dioxide removal technologies and carbon capture utilization and storage
The special report on cities is scheduled to be ready in 2027. The synthesis report will be produced by late 2029. The dates for the working group contributions will be developed by the Bureau and presented to the Panel at its next meeting for a decision.
IPCC-60 concluded on Saturday, 20 January, at 9:44 am.
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Plenary Session
IPCC Vice-Chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Hungary
Cheryl Jeffers, Saint Kitts and Nevis, reporting back from the Contact Group
Sahar Tajbakhsh Mosalman, Iran
WGII Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk, The Netherlands
Kénel Délusca, Haiti
Laura Biagioni, IPCC Secretariat, IPCC Chair Jim Skea, and IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit
View of the room during the afternoon plenary
Jesbin Baidya, IPCC Secretariat
Abdelfetah Sahibi, Morocco
Géninha Lisboa, WGIII Technical Support Unit (TSU) Administrator
Manfred Ogris, Austria
IPCC Deputy Secretary Emira Fida
Delegates following the deliberations of the huddle
Abdulrahman AlGwaiz, Saudi Arabia
Adrian Lema, Denmark
IPCC Vice-Chair Ladislaus Chang'a, Tanzania
Bart Rymen, Belgium
L-R: IPCC Deputy Secretary Emira Fida, IPCC Chair Jim Skea, IPCC Vice-Chair Ladislaus Chang'a, and WGII Co-Chair Winston Chow
Delegates negotiating in a huddle
WGII Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk, The Netherlands
IPCC Chair Jim Skea, and IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit
Contact Group on the Reports under the Seventh Assessment Cycle
View of the dais
Christian Mueller, Germany
Jennifer Lew Schneider, IPCC Legal Advisor
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine
Hamza Merabet, Algeria
Cheryl Jeffers, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Frank McGovern, Ireland, Contact Group Co-Chairs
IPCC Chair Jim Skea
IPCC Vice-Chairs: Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Cuba, and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Hungary
WGI Co-Chair Xiaoye Zhang, China
Aria St. Louis, Grenada
Yuan Jiashuang, China
Gaptia Lawan Katiellou, Niger
L-R: WGIII Co-Chair Katherine Calvin, US, IPCC Vice-Chair Ladislaus Chang'a, Tanzania, and WGIII Co-Chair Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Malaysia
Between Sessions
Around the Venue
Delegates from Türkiye
Delegates from Belgium
IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
Delegates from the United Arab Emirates
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin team covering IPCC-60
L-R: Jessica Templeton, US, Anastasia Rodopoulou, Greece, Moritz Petersmann, Germany, and María Gutiérrez, Mexico
