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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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
A secretariat member scanning a delegate's voting badge
Newly-elected WGII Vice-Chair Cromwel Lukorito, Kenya, being congratulated by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium
Newly-elected WGIII Vice-Chair Şiir Kılkış, Türkiye
Newly-elected WGIII Vice-Chair Malak Al-Nory, Saudi Arabia
Delegation of Algeria L-R: Newly-elected WGIII Vice-Chair Noureddine Yassaa, Athmane Mehadji, and Ambassador Mahi Boumediene
Jan Fuglestvedt, Norway, being congratulated on his election as WGIII Vice-Chair
Delegates waiting for the results to appear on the screen
Co-Chair of the Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) Takeshi Enoki, Japan, and Sandro Federici, Head, TFI Technical Support Unit
Delegates take their ballots to the voting booths
Delegates from European Region VI consulting
Delegates from South American Region III consulting
Andrew Ferrone, Luxembourg, consulting with IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit
Tellers display the empty ballot boxes before voting begins
Tellers count votes
Newly-elected Task Force Bureau (TFB) member Mohd Talib Latif, Malaysia
Newly-elected TFB member Laura Dawidowski, Argentina
María José Sanz-Sánchez, Spain, being congratulated on her election as a TFB member
Outgoing WGII Vice-Chair Andreas Fischlin
Outgoing IPCC Vice-Chair Youba Sokona
Outgoing IPCC Vice-Chair Thelma Krug
Sounding the bell for delegates to convene in plenary for the last day of IPCC-59
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
