Summary
Highlights for Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Huddles convened throughout the day to address various paragraphs of the Summary for Policymakers.
On Tuesday, 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 night plenary sessions, as well as in contact groups and huddles to advance work on the SPM.
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From L-R: IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit; IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee; and IPCC Deputy Secretary Kerstin Stendahl during a brief afternoon meeting of the IPCC Plenary
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Elisha Nyikadzino Moyo, Zimbabwe
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Hamid Abakar Souleymane, Chad
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From L-R: John Jende, Maggie Bailey, and WG III Vice-Chair Mark Howden, Australia
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Nirivololona Raholijao, Madagascar
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Sadegh Zeyaeyan, Iran
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WG I Vice-Chair Edvin Aldrian
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Huddles convened throughout the day to address various paragraphs of the SPM.
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Christiane Textor, Germany
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Éric Brun, France
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José Romero, Switzerland
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WG I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte with WG III Co-Chair Jim Skea
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Delegates from the US
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WG I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte consulting with Coordinating Lead Authors (CLAs)
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Markku Rummukainen, Sweden
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A group of delegates, including Barron Joseph Orr. Lead Scientist, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), supported the UNCCD Land Degradation Neutrality target.
Contact Group Meetings
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Elvira Poloczanska, WG II TSU, and Elena Shevliakova, CLA
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Christian Müller, Germany, with Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia
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From L-R: Contact Group Co-chair Hélène Van Rossum, France; Contact Group Co-chair Myung-Chul Seo, Republic of Korea; and Elena Shevliakova, CLA
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Onelica Andrade, European Union
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Omar Al Mulhem, Saudi Arabia
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WG II Vice-Chair Andreas Fischlin
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Eric Haxthausen, US