On the second day of the 62nd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-62) in Hangzhou, China, delegates gathered in sessions of IPCC’s Working Groups (WG I, II, and III) to finalize the outlines for their respective contributions to the seventh assessment cycle (AR7).
In the morning, WG I (assessing the physical science basis of climate change) held its 15th session to kick off discussions on the chapter outline for its report. Co-Chairs Xiaoye Zhang and Robert Vautard led the discussions.
In the afternoon, WG II, focusing on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, convened its 13th session. Delegates discussed both the WG II report outline and the update to the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations. This session was facilitated by Bart van den Hurk and Winston Chow, WG II Co-Chairs.
WG III, addressing mitigation, met in its 15th session, with Jan Fuglestvedt (WG III Vice-Chair) and Joy Jacqueline Pereira (WG III Co-Chair) facilitating discussions.
The discussions across all three Working Groups are shaping the tone for their contributions to AR7. Discussions will continue on Wednesday as delegates refine their input for this important assessment cycle.
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Working Group Sessions
Gerrit Hansen, WG I Technical Support Unit, Robert Vautard and Xiaoye Zhang, WG I Co-Chairs
Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva, Brazil
Jacqueline Spence-Hemmings, Jamaica
Delegates following the process
Sandra Motshwanedi, South Africa
Sindra Sharma, Vanuatu
Melinda Tignor, WG II Technical Support Unit, along with Bart van den Hurk and Winston Chow, WG II Co-Chairs
Manfred Ogris, Austria
Sergey Semenov, Russian Federation
IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit and Sebastian König, Switzerland
Andriamihaja André Ranaivoson, Madagascar
IPCC Chair Jim Skea consults with IPCC Vice-Chairs Ladislaus Chang'a and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz.
Real Sukmana Faesal Umar, Indonesia
Qingchen Chao, China
Wilbert Timiza Muruke, Tanzania
Marcelino Villafuerte II, the Philippines
Masahiro Watanabe, Japan
Joyce Kimutai, Kenya
Kaarle Kupiainen, Finland
Anna Heck, Belgium
Friedemann Call, Germany
Winston Chow, WG II Co-Chair, consults with IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit and Jesbin Baidya, IPCC Secretariat.
Hana Hamadalla, Sudan
Lydie-Line Paroz, Switzerland
Richard Jones, UK
Raïda El Elj, Tunisia
Joy Jacqueline Pereira, WG III Co-Chair, and Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt, WG III Vice-Chair
Delegates from Denmark consult during the plenary.
Federico Verly, Austria
Erdoğan Karaca, Türkiye
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine
Synne Brustad, Norway
Hyun-Kyung Kim, Republic of Korea
Ana Luisa Aguilar Candanedo, Panama
Selected Images
IPCC Chair Jim Skea, along with Vice-Chairs Ladislaus Chang'a and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, consult with WG I Co-Chairs Robert Vautard and Xiaoye Zhang.
