On Monday, the second Joint Session of IPCC Working Groups (WGs) I, II and III, in cooperation with the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), continued consideration of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL). Delegates met in morning, afternoon and evening sessions to discuss specific paragraphs in sections that address: people, land and climate in a changing world; and adaptation and mitigation response options. They also addressed relevant Figures in the text. Various subsections were taken up in contact groups and huddles throughout the day.

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WG II Co-Chair Debra Roberts in discussions with Coordinating Lead Authors (CLAs)

Zinta Zommers, CLA

Farhan Akhtar, US

WG II Co-Chair Hans-Otto Pörtner with WG I Co-Chair Panmao Zhai

IPCC Bureau and Technical Support Unit (TSU) members conferring with CLAs and delegates

Murukesan Krishnapillai, Federated States of Micronesia

Craig Elvidge, New Zealand

Philip Blackwell and Frank McGovern, Ireland

Carlos Ivan Zambrana Flores, Bolivia

Qingchen Chao, China

Anna Pirani, WG I TSU with WG II Vice-Chair Andreas Fischlin

Raphael Slade, WG III TSU with Elena Shevliakova, CLA

WG II Co-Chair Hans-Otto Pörtner

IPCC Bureau members conferring with Lead Authors

From L-R: WG II Co-Chair Hans-Otto Pörtner; Øyvind Christophersen, Norway; and Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia

Almut Arneth, CLA

From L-R: Zinta Zommers, Katherine Calvin and Koko Warner, CLAs

WG III Co-Chair Jim Skea with WG II Vice-Chair Taha Zatari

From L-R: Nijavalli Ravindranath, India; Ramanlal Bhatt Jaivardhan, India; and IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee

Participants from China during a break in negotiations

Luis Constantino and Abias Huongo, Angola

Itchell Guiney and John Maesela Kekana, South Africa

Thobekile Zikhali and Fatima Denton, CLAs

Nijavalli Ravindranath, India

Contact Group Meetings

View of the dais during a contact group meeting

Alice Alpert, US

Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine

Gerrit Hansen, Germany

Kenneth Kerr, Trinidad and Tobago