On the final day of its 64th session, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) dealt with several significant unresolved issues on its agenda, including: the timeline for the seventh assessment cycle; a review of the IPCC principles and procedures; and approval of the draft meeting reports from IPCC-61, -62, and -63.
After lengthy deliberations, the Panel deferred consideration of the timeline for the Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report to IPCC-65. They reached an agreement to consider review of the Principles and Procedures at future sessions, as appropriate. Members also agreed to defer consideration of the three meeting reports to IPCC-65.
The Panel started the day with a celebration of IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit, who will retire later this year. Many delegates took the floor to express heartfelt appreciation for Mokssit’s leadership over the past ten years.
Chair Skea closed the session at 8:52 pm.
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Selected Images
IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit and IPCC Chair Jim Skea
Itchell Guiney, South Africa
Yoonseok Son, Republic of Korea
IPCC Deputy Secretary Ermira Fida
Frank McGovern, Ireland
Ole-Kristian Kvissel, Norway
Ko Barrett, Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Jolene Cook, UK
Sebastian König, Switzerland
Raïda El Elj, Tunisia
Orvin Paige, Antigua and Barbuda
Delegates from China
Mohammed Dkhissi, Morocco
Wilbert Timiza Muruke, Tanzania
Delegates from Germany
Ezéchiel Kayoya, Burundi
Mira Hulkkonen, Finland
Taimar Ala, Estonia
Joyce Kimutai, Kenya
Luteru Tauvale, Samoa
Gervais Itsoua Madzous, Vice-Chair, Working Group III
Sonia Seneviratne, Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Winston Chow, Co-Chair of Working Group II
Eduardo Calvo Buendía, Vice-Chair, Working Group III
Takeshi Enoki, Co-Chair, Taskforce on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Malak Al-Nory, Vice-Chair, Working Group III
Simone Schiele, IPBES Secretariat
Annett Moehner, UNFCCC Secretariat
Farhan Akhtar, AGU
Adesola Effiwatt, Nigeria
Hamid Abakar Souleymane, Chad
Celsos Pazos Alberdi, Cuba
Şiir Kılkış, Vice-Chair, Working Group III
IPCC Vice-Chair Ladislaus Chang'a
