Summary
On Monday, 11 April 2016, the 43rd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-43) opened in Nairobi, Kenya. The IPCC adopted its agenda, approved the draft report of the 42nd session, and commenced work on the agenda items regarding the IPCC programme and budget and admission of observer organizations. On the programme and budget, the Panel called upon the Financial Task Team (FiTT) to further consider the issue and report back to the Panel on Wednesday, 13 April. The IPCC also took up the update of methodologies on national GHG inventories, adopting the relevant report.
In the afternoon, the Panel opened two sub-agenda items under the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on special reports (SRs) and strategic planning. On strategic planning, the Secretariat will present a draft proposal on Tuesday, 12 April, capturing the views expressed. Discussions on the AR6 SRs will continue.
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Morning Plenary
Panel speakers during the opening plenary
Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP
Charles Sunkuli, Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources
and Regional Development Authorities, Kenya
David Carlson, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Mannava Sivakumar, Acting IPCC Secretary
Trigg Talley, US
Raphaël Cuvelier, Monaco
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium
Karen Dodds, Canada
Khalid Abuleif, Saudi Arabia
Akio Takemoto, Japan
Lutz Morgenstern, Germany
José Romero, Switzerland
Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP
Birama Diarra, Mali
Øyvind Christophersen, Norway
Guilherme do Prado Lima, Brazil
Kiyoto Tanabe, Task Force Bureau Co-Chair
Afternoon Plenary
View of the dais during the afternoon plenary
Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair
Carlos Martin-Novella, IPCC Deputy Secretary
David Reidmiller, US
Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Working Group I Co-Chair
Jim Skea, Working Group III Co-Chair
P.R. Shukla, Working Group III Co-Chair
Debra Roberts, Working Group II Co-Chair
Cathy Johnson, UK
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Working Group II Co-Chair
Hoon Park, Republic of Korea
Celso Pazos Alberdi, Cuba
William Hare, Saint Lucia
Konrad Paulsen, Chile
Omer Mohamed Eltom Elshami, Sudan
IPCC Secretariat during the afternoon plenary
Around the Venue
Delegates during the morning plenary
José Romero, Switzerland (center), speaks with delegates
Debra Roberts, Co-Chair for Working Group II, speaks with
Florin Vladu, Adaptation Programme Manager, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Delegates meet informally before the start of plenary
Delegates between sessions
Dan Zwartz, New Zealand, with Jesbin Baidya, IPCC Secretariat,
and Elhousseine Gouaini, WMO
Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair (center), speaks with Sophie Schlingemann, IPCC Legal Officer (left) and Mannava Sivakumar, Acting IPCC Secretary (right)
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, walks with Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Around the UNEP grounds
