The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is continuing its work to elect the leaders for its seventh assessment cycle, focusing on Working Group Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs.
Most key positions have now been filled, with Jim Skea (United Kingdom) elected as IPCC Chair. The three IPCC Vice-Chairs for the seventh assessment cycle will be: Ladislaus Chang’a (Tanzania); Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (Hungary); and Ramón Pichs-Madruga (Cuba).
On Thursday, the Panel elected the following individuals to serve as the Working Group Co-Chairs:
Working Group I (the physical science basis of climate change): Xiaoye Zhang (China) and Robert Vautard (France)
Working Group II (impacts, adaptation and vulnerability): Winston Chow (Singapore) and Bart van den Hurk (The Netherlands)
Working Group III (mitigation): Joy Jacqueline Pereira (Malaysia) and Katherine Calvin (US)
The IPCC also elected Takeshi Enoki (Japan) and Mazhar Hayat (Pakistan) as Co-Chairs of the Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Elections will continue on Friday, the final day scheduled for IPCC-59.
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Plenary Session
Newly-elected WGI Co-Chair Robert Vautard, France
Xiaoye Zhang, China, being congratulated on his election as WGI Co-Chair
Newly-elected WGII Co-Chair, Bart van den Hurk, the Netherlands
Newly-elected WGII Co-Chair, Winston Chow, Singapore
Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Malaysia, being congratulated by Debra Roberts on her election as WGIII Co-Chair
Newly-elected WGIII Co-Chair Katherine Calvin, US
Newly-elected Co-Chair of the Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories Takeshi Enoki, Japan (center), with other members of the Japanese delegation: Muneki Adachi (L), and Norihiro Kimura (R)
Newly-elected Co-Chair of the Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories Mazhar Hayat, Pakistan
Ole-Kristian Kvissel, Norway
Joyce Kimutai, Kenya, and Andy Reisinger, New Zealand
Delegates from Türkiye
Randolfo García Sandoval, Honduras
Delegates from the Philippines
Delegates from Mexico
Dana Lang, Luxembourg
Arona Ngari, Cook Islands, and Marissa Toomata, Samoa
María José Sanz, Spain, and María Gutiérrez, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Between Sessions
Around the Venue
