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28th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-28)
Talks centered on the future of the IPCC, including key aspects of its work programme such as Working Group structure, main type and timing of future reports, and the future structure of the IPCC Bureau and the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
27th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-27)
Following years of work, the adoption of the Fourth Assessment Report on climate change was accompanied with mixed feelings of relief over its completion and apprehensive concern about the grave challenges that lie ahead.
9th Session of IPCC Working Group III (WGIII) and 26th Session of IPCC (IPCC-26)
The meeting accepted Working Group III’s contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report titled “Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change,” including approval of the Summary for Policymakers that emphasizes that greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 70% since 1970 and that with current policies their growth is projected to continue over the next few decades.
35th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-35)
Talks focused on work resulting from the consideration of the InterAcademy Council Review of IPCC processes and procedures, namely those on: governance and management; procedures for the IPCC reports; and the communications strategy.
34th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-34)
The IPCC adopted the revised Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval and Publication of IPCC Reports, as well as the Implementation Procedures and Disclosure Form for the Conflict of Interest Policy. The Panel also formally accepted the Summary for Policy Makers of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.
33rd Session of the IPCC (IPCC-33)
The IPCC decided to establish an Executive Committee, adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy, and introduced several changes to the rules of procedure as well as accepting the Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation.
3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Delegates delved, for the first time, into textual negotiations on the basis of a “zero draft” containing treaty text developed by Conference President Rena Lee (Singapore). Deliberations were productive but there is still much work to be done with the fourth and final mandated session scheduled for March 2020.
Intersessional Work of the BBNJ Intergovernmental Conference
Following more than a decade of discussions convened under the United Nations General Assembly, the Assembly, in resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017, decided to convene an IGC on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction with a view to developing a legally binding instrument as soon as possible.