Summary
After observing a minute of silence for the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the forty-fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-44) convened on Monday in Bangkok, Thailand. In the morning, the IPCC-44 heard opening statements and discussed the IPCC Work Programme and Budget and admission of observers. It also heard a report on the communications of products from the sixth assessment report (AR6).
During lunch, participants attended a special information session on the scoping of the special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above preindustrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.
Following the special information session, the IPCC-44 took up the outline of that report. Also in the afternoon, the IPCC heard reports on the status of the establishment of the Technical Support Units and on the participation of developing countries in IPCC activities.
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Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair
Florin Vladu, Adaptation Programme Manager, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Exectuive Secretary for Sustainable Development, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
General Surasak Kanjanarat, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC Secretary
Elena Manaenkova, Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
Jacqueline McGlade, Chief Scientist and Director of the Division of Early Warning and Assessment, UN Environment Programme, via video conference
A view of the room during the opening ceremoney
Plenary
Maria Amparo Arroyo Martinez, Mexico
David Reidmiller, US
Martine Vanderstraeten, Belgium
Pemy Gasela, South Africa
Guilherme do Prado Lima, Brazil
Andrej Kranjc, Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Technical Support Unit
Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair, with IPCC Vice-Chairs Youba Sokona (left) and Ko Barrett (right)
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia
Jose Romero, Switzerland, and Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele, Belgium
Delegates from Saudi Arabia
Delegates consulting before the morning plenary
Special information session on the scoping of the special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above preindustrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty
A view of the dais during the special information session
Debra Roberts and Hans-Otto Pörtner, Working Group II Co-Chairs, and James Skea, Working Group III Co-Chair
Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair and Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Special Report
Participants stand for a moment of silence to pay respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand