46th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-46)
6-10 September 2017 | Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada
“Taichi Single Whip” sculpture by Ju Ming, near ICAO headquarters, venue of IPCC-46 |
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The 46th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-46) will meet in Montreal, Canada, from 6-10 September 2017, and will be preceded by the 54th meeting of the IPCC Bureau on Tuesday, 5 September. IPCC-46 is expected to address the IPCC Trust Fund Programme and Budget, including: the budgets for 2018, 2019 and 2020; resource mobilization; and audit of the 2016 financial statements. Regarding scoping of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the Panel will discuss the three proposed Working Group outlines, as well as the proposed outline of the Synthesis Report (SYR), which were drafted during the AR6 Scoping Meeting, held from 1-5 May 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Panel also has on its agenda: an update on progress of the Ad Hoc Task Group on Financial Stability; admission of observer organizations; report of the Conflict of Interest Committee; future of the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA); alignment of the cycles of the IPCC and the global stocktake; developing country participation in IPCC activities; short-lived climate forcers; and matters related to the UNFCCC and other international bodies. IPCC-46 will also hear progress reports on: the three Special Reports on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15), the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) and Climate Change and Land (SRCCL); the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories; the TGICA; the Expert meeting on Mitigation, Sustainability and Climate Stabilization Scenarios, held in April 2017; communication and outreach activities; and the IPCC Scholarship Programme. |
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IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage and will a summary and analysis report from IPCC-46, which is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis | ||
IISD Reporting Services is grateful to the many donors of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) and recognizes the following as core contributors to the ENB: the EC and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. General Support for the Bulletin during 2017 is provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Japanese Ministry of Environment (through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Switzerland (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)), and SWAN International. Funding for translation of the Bulletin into French has been provided by the Government of France, Québec, and the International Organization of La Francophonie/Institute for Sustainable Development of La Francophonie (IOF/IFDD). |
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