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42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42)

5-8 October 2015 | Dubrovnik, Croatia


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Delegates congratulate Hoesung Lee, Republic of Korea, on his election as the new IPCC Chair

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Newly elected IPCC Vice-Chairs Ko Barrett, US; Youba Sokona, Mali; and Thelma Krug, Brazil



Thursday, 8 October 2015

On Thursday, 8 October, the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42) concluded in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Working Group Vice-Chairs were elected in the morning and Task Force Bureau Vice-Chairs were elected in the afternoon.

For Working Group I, Jan Fuglestvedt (Norway), Noureddine Yassaa (Algeria), Fatima Driouech (Morocco), Muhammad Tariq (Pakistan), Carolina Vera (Argentina), Gregory Flato (Canada) and Edvin Aldrian (Indonesia) were elected Vice-Chairs.

For Working Group II, Joy Jacqueline Pereira (Malaysia), Mark Howden (Australia), Sergey Semenov (Russian Federation), Andreas Fischlin (Switzerland), Pius Yanda (Tanzania), Taha Zatari (Saudi Arabia), Carlos Méndez (Venezuela) and Roberto Sanchez-Rodriguez (Mexico) were elected Vice-Chairs.

For Working Group III, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (Hungary), Carlo Carraro (Italy), Nagmeldin Mahoud (Sudan), Diriba Korecha Dadi (Ethiopia), Amjad Abdulla (Maldives), Ramon Pichs-Madruga (Cuba) and Andy Reisinger (New Zealand) were elected Vice-Chairs.

In the afternoon, the Panel elected Vice-Chairs of the Task Force Bureau (TFB). TFB Vice-Chairs elected are: Darío Gomez (Argentina); Yasna Rojas (Chile); Dominique Blain (Canada); Thomas Wirth (US); Rob Sturgiss (Australia); Fahmuddin Agus (Indonesia); Batouli Said Abdallah (Comoros); Sabin Guendehou (Benin); Irina Yesserkepova (Kazakhstan); Bundit Limmeechokchai (Thailand); Riittaa Pipatti (Finland); and Fatma Betül Baygüven (Turkey).

Following the closing of the elections, the IPCC took up the agenda item on the IPCC Programme and Budget, and under Other Matters they discussed the issue of Special Reports.

IPCC-42 was gaveled to a close at 6:42pm.

For the IISD-RS summary and analysis of IPCC-42 please return to this website on 11 October 2015.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.

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Newly elected IPCC Bureau members, with IPCC Head of Communications and Media Relations
Jonathan Lynn (far right), hold a press conference after the close of the meeting


Maesela Kekana, South Africa

José Romero, Switzerland


Celso Pazos Alberdi, Cuba

Ákos Lukács, Hungary

Satoshi Tanaka, Japan


Delegates give Ismail El Gizouli, Acting IPCC Chair, a standing ovation at the close of the meeting


Wednesday, 7 October 2015

On Wednesday, 7 October, the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42) continued in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In the morning, the Panel elected Youba Sokona (Mali), Thelma Krug (Brazil) and Ko Barrett (US) as IPCC Vice-Chairs by paper ballot. In the afternoon, the Panel agreed to use the electronic voting system for further voting and commenced with voting for the Working Group and Task Force Bureau Co-Chairs.

Valérie Masson-Delmotte (France) and Panmao Zhai (China) were elected Co-Chairs of Working Group I. Hans-Otto Pörtner (Germany) and Debra Roberts (South Africa) were elected Co-Chairs of Working Group II. Jim Skea (United Kingdom) and P.R. Shukla (India) were elected Co-Chairs of Working Group III. Eduardo Calvo Buendía (Peru) and Kiyoto Tanabe (Japan) were elected Co-Chairs of the Task Force Bureau.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.

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Incoming Co-Chairs for Working Group I: Panmao Zhai, China
and Valérie Masson-Delmotte, France

Incoming Co-Chairs for Working Group II: Debra Roberts,
South Africa, and Hans-Otto Pörtner, Germany


Incoming Co-Chair for Working Group III Jim Skea, UK (P.R. Shukla, India, not present)

Incoming Co-Chairs for the Task Force Bureau: Kiyoto Tanabe, Japan, and Eduardo Calvo Buendía, Peru


Delegates from Region VI (Europe)


Tuesday, 6 October 2015

On Tuesday, 6 October, the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42) continued in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In the morning an informal session organized by the candidates for IPCC Chair convened to provide a forum for them to discuss their respective platforms. Regional consultations and sessions of both the Nominations and Credentials Committees took place.

In the afternoon, delegates tested the electronic voting system and decided to revert to a paper balloting system. In the evening, voting for the IPCC Chair commenced. The IPCC elected Hoesung Lee, Republic of Korea, as Chair. The IPCC then took up agenda items on implementation of the IPCC Error Protocol, and matters related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other bodies.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.

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Candidates for the IPCC Chair (L-R): Thomas Stocker, Switzerland; Hoesung Lee, Republic of Korea; Moderator Ivan Čačić,
Permanent Representative of Croatia to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Christopher Field, US;
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium; and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Austria and Montenegro


Hamid Abakar Souleymane, Chad

Bruce Stewart, Acting IPCC Secretary

Christiane Textor, Germany


Delegates applaud the election of Hoesung Lee, Republic of Korea, as the new IPCC Chair


Monday, 5 October 2015

On Monday, 5 October, the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42) commenced in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Following a brief opening session, the panel adopted its agenda and began consideration of agenda items. In the morning the Panel considered matters related to conflicts of interest (COI), nominations, electronic voting, the IPCC programme and budget, admission of observer organizations and adoption of the draft report of IPCC-41.

In the afternoon, the IPCC addressed agenda sub-items on: communication and outreach activities; the IPCC scholarship programme; the Expert Meeting on Climate Change, Food and Agriculture; matters related to the Task Group on Scenarios for Impacts and Climate Analysis (TGICA); matters related to the Task Force on National Greenhouse Inventories (TFI); the Workshop on Regional Climate Projections and Their Use in Impacts and Risk Analysis Studies; and an update on the decision pathway for consideration of requests from researchers for access to non-public material or meetings.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 42nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-42), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.

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Panelists during the opening ceremony


Merlyn Van Voore, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the Executive Director of UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Jeremiah Lengoasa, Deputy Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)


Ismail El Gizouli, Acting Chair of the IPCC

Florin Vladu, Adaptation Programme
Manager, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Mihael Zmajlović, Minister of Environment and Nature Protection, Croatia


Delegates before the opening ceremony

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