With several business matters yet to be resolved, delegates worked intensively on the final day of the 57th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-57) to take up remaining agenda items and conclude its work. The Panel took note of the work of the Gender Action Team, and heard progress reports on:
- the Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments;
- communication and outreach activities;
- the IPCC Scholarship Programme; and
- the Informal Group on Publications.
Delegates also considered the IPCC copyright policy, with some questioning whether making the policy less restrictive would facilitate broader dissemination of IPCC’s work.
Delegates achieved consensus on the budget, as well as issues related to the size, structure, and composition of the IPCC Bureau and the transition to the seventh assessment cycle. Key elements under consideration included the timing of elections, the length of the next cycle, and lessons learned from the sixth assessment cycle.
IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee closed the session at 9:05 pm (GMT +2).
ENB’s summary and analysis of IPCC-57 will be available on this site on Monday, 3 October 2022.
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Plenary Session
Andrej Mahecic, IPCC Secretariat
Task Group on Data Co-Chair Sebastián Vicuña
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine
Farhan Akhtar, US
Ajay Raghava, India
IPCC Vice-Chair Youba Sokona
Sebastian König, Switzerland
Rosa Ana González Benitez, Ecuador
Alexandre Fernandes, Belgium
Éric Brun, France, conferring with the German delegation
Ramanlal Bhatt Jaivardhan, India
Ole-Kristian Kvissel, Norway
José Romero, Technical Support Unit for the Synthesis Report, with Philippe Tulkens, EU
IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett, with WGII Co-Chair Debra Roberts
Andrew Ferrone, Luxembourg, and Joyce Kimutai, Kenya
El Khitma El Awad Mohammed, Sudan
WGIII Vice-Chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
WGI Vice-Chair Edvin Aldrian
Maria Jishi, Saudi Arabia
Maesela John Kekana, South Africa
Ladislaus Chang'a, Tanzania
Éric Brun, France
WGII Vice-Chair Sergey Semenov
Rhian Rees-Owen, UK
View of the room during the plenary
Rob van Dorland, the Netherlands
María Victoria Gandini, Argentina
Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC Secretary
Christian Müller, Germany
WGII Vice-Chair Taha Zatari, with Leonardo Souza Santos, Brazil
Fron L-R: María Victoria Gandini, Argentina; Leonardo Souza Santos, Brazil; Rosa Ana González Benitez, Ecuador; Sherif Abdel Rahim, Egypt; and WGI Vice-Chair Noureddine Yassaa
Between Sessions
