Highlights and images for 2 April 2022

WGIII Co-Chair Jim Skea - IPCC56 - 2April2022 - Photo

WGIII Co-Chair Jim Skea

On Saturday, 2 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.

Delegates met in four plenary sessions to review and approve text from across the SPM, including: recent developments 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 energy systems and lock-in from fossil fuel infrastructure. Delegates also met in huddles throughout the day, working to reach agreement on sticking points in their deliberations.

WGIII will continue working to complete the approval of the SPM.

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Selected Photos

WGIII Chair Ramón Pichs-Madruga, IPCC Vice-Chair Thelma Krug, WGI Vice-Chair Jan Fuglestvedt, and WGIII Co-Chair Jim Skea

Lindsey Cook, Friends World Committee for Consultation

Friedemann Call, Germany

Elizabeth Cameron, New Zealand

WGIII Vice-Chair Amjad Abdulla

Elmar Kriegler, Chapter 3 Lead Author

IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett

Gert-jan Nabuurs, Chapter 7 Coordinating Lead Author

Paulina Jaramillo, Chapter 10 Lead Author

Shonali Pachauri, Chapter 2 Lead Author

Detlef Van Vuuren, Chapter 3 Lead Author

Nicola McPherson, Australia

Maria Jishi, Saudi Arabia

Markku Rummukainen, Sweden

Vilde Maria Lavoll, Norway

Tags

Topic: Climate Change; Science
Negotiations: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC

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