Highlights and images for 29 March 2022

Photo Credit: Marcin Jozwiak

On Tuesday, 29 March, Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continued its review of the draft text of the Summary for Policymakers of the WGIII contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, on mitigation of climate change.

Delegates met in two plenary sessions to review and approve text related to recent developments and current trends and system transformations to limit global warming.

In contact group meetings, delegates discussed sections and subsections in the SPM relating to, inter alia:

GHG emissions trends and projections;
mitigation options, potentials and associated costs;
distributional impacts of enhanced mitigation actions; and
pathway dynamics, patterns and transformations.

WGIII will continue its work on Wednesday, 30 March.

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Selected Photos

Jan Christoph Minx, Chapter 2 Coordinating Lead Author

Shonali Pachauri, Chapter 2 Lead Author

Camilla Andersson, Sweden

Malak Al Nory, Saudi Arabia

Trigg Talley, US

Adriano Santhiago de Oliveira, Brazil

Elizabeth Bush, Canada

Igor Bashmakov, Chapter 11 Coordinating Lead Authors

Jean Pascal Van Ypersele, Belgium

Christian Mueller, Germany

Markku Rummukainen, Sweden

Gert-jan Nabuurs, Chapter 7 Coordinating Lead Author

Philippe Marbaix, Belgium

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