Given the complexity of the work carried out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), establishing a strategic planning schedule is a critical task early in each assessment cycle. The Panel spent substantial time on this issue during its last session, held in January 2024. While consensus on some elements was achieved then, the Panel deferred other elements to this meeting for further consideration. Delegates began work on this agenda item on Wednesday, with issues to be agreed during this meeting including the timelines for delivery of the three Working Group assessment reports.
The Panel also heard progress reports from: Working Group I on the Physical Science Basis; Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; Working Group III on the Mitigation of Climate Change; and the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
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Plenary Sessions
IPCC Chair Jim Skea
Patricia Nying'uro, Kenya
IPCC Vice-Chair Ladislaus Chang’a, Tanzania
Working Group (WG) III Co-Chair Katherine Calvin, United States
Adrian Lema, Denmark
Ayael Alqarni, Saudi Arabia
WGIII Co-Chair Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Malaysia
WGI Co-Chair Robert Vautard, France
Hamza Merabet, Algeria
Marie-Hélène Schwoob, France
Christian Mueller, Germany
Manfred Ogris, Austria, and WGII Vice-Chair Mark Howden, Australia
Jeffrey Simmons, Bahamas
Godwin Ayesiga, Uganda
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine
Ghaith Hamdi, Iraq
WGI Co-Chair Xiaoye Zhang, China
Ron Goodridge, Barbados
Yukihiro Haisa, Japan
Nenenteiti Teariki Ruatu, Kiribati
Camilla Andersson, Sweden
WGII Co-Chair Winston Chow, Singapore
Edurne Carrillo Martí, Spain
Eulampius Frederick, Saint Lucia
Edson Nkonde, Zambia
Lucy Mtilatila, Malawi
Jolene Cook, United Kingdom
Carmen del Rocío Azurín Araujo, Peru
WGI Vice-Chair Aïda Diongue-Niang, Senegal
Mathilde Mousson, European Union
Dzmitry Melekh, Belarus
Taimar Ala, Estonia
Andy Reisinger, New Zealand
Kristīne Zommere-Rotčenkova, Latvia
Erdoğan Karaca, Türkiye
Orvin Paige, Antigua and Barbuda
Carla Zilli, Uruguay
Thiagarajan Jayaraman, India
Chukwuemeka Okebugwu, Nigeria
Roxana Bojariu, Romania
Real Sukmana Faesal Umar, Indonesia
Diamantino Henriques, Portugal
Jessica Astier, Monaco
Panna Hanák, Hungary
Contact Group
Co-Chair Ole-Kristian Kvissel, Norway
Co-Chair Fabrice Lambert, Chile
Between Sessions
Around the Venue
Energy for People: The Exhibition
View from the venue
