Highlights and images for 28 July 2023

Nairobi, Kenya

  1. Negotiations
  2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC
  3. 59th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-59)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) completed its elections early on Saturday morning, filling leadership roles across the three Working Groups and constituting the Task Force Bureau on Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The 59th session of the IPCC was dedicated to this initial step in the seventh assessment cycle, and delegates worked into the night on the final day of the meeting to carry out this time-consuming but essential process.

IPCC-59 represented the final session chaired by Professor Hoesung Lee (South Korea); newly elected IPCC Chair Jim Skea (United Kingdom) will take the reins from this point forward. On Saturday, Chair Skea will chair a joint meeting of the outgoing and new bureaux, with the aim of ensuring a smooth transition to the seventh assessment cycle. While the date of the next Panel session is yet to be confirmed, it is expected that the IPCC will reconvene in November 2023.

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All ENB photos are free to use with attribution. For the 59th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-59), please use: Photo by IISD/ENB | Anastasia Rodopoulou

Plenary Session

Newly-elected WGI Vice-Chair Maheswar Rupakheti, Nepal

Newly-elected WGII Vice-Chair Zinta Zommers, Latvia

Newly-elected WGI Vice-Chair Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Ghana

Newly-elected WGI Vice-Chair Aida Diongue, Senegal

Newly-elected WGII Vice-Chair Fatima Denton, The Gambia

Newly-elected WGII Vice-Chair Adelle Thomas, Bahamas

L-R: Newly-elected WGIII Vice-Chair Eduardo Calvo Buendía, Peru, and newly-elected WGII Vice-Chair Laura Gallardo, Chile, with Chilean delegates Alejandro Montero, and Maritza Jadrijevic

Between Sessions

Around the Venue

Outgoing IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee with the IPCC Secretariat and colleagues

 Delegates from Region II, Asia

Delegates from Australia and the Southwest Pacific region

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IPCC
Topic
Climate Change

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