Highlights and images for 1 April 2022

Photo Credit: Markus Spiske

On Friday, 1 April, 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 time running out for deliberations and significant work remaining, delegates met in three plenary sessions to review and approve text from across the SPM, including on: recent development and current trends; system transformations to limit global warming; linkages between mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development; and strengthening the response.

In a contact group, delegates reviewed text on finance. Delegates also met in huddles throughout the day, working to reach agreement on sticking points in their deliberations. While IPCC-56 was originally scheduled to conclude by Friday, WGIII will continue working on Saturday, 2 April.

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Selected Photos

WGIII Co-Chair Ramón Pichs-Madruga (left) and IPCC Vice-Chair Thelma Krug (right)

Frank McGovern, Ireland

IPCC Vice-Chair Youba Sokona

IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett

Miles Perry, EU

James Foster, UK

Elmar Kriegler, Chapter 3 Lead Author

Andrew Ferrone, Luxembourg

Adriano Santhiago de Oliveira, Brazil

Elizabeth Bush, Canada

WGIII Vice-Chair Amjad Abdulla

Silvie Kreibiehl, Chapter 15 Coordinating Lead Author

Dipak Dasgupta, Chapter 15 Lead Author

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