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Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses the mitigation of climate change, has updated the schedule for its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and postponed its final Lead Author Meeting for AR6, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to delay scientific work.
Die Deutsche Übersetzung der Zusammenfassung für politische Entscheidungsträger des IPCC‐Sonderberichts über Klimawandel und Landsysteme (SRCCL) ist nun verfügbar.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced that the October deadline for delivery of the Second Order Draft of the Working Group III Report contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which assesses the mitigation of climate change, is no longer possible because of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of Communications Manager, IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit, located at the University of Paris-Saclay (France). Apply until 15 July 2020.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has extended the cut-off date for scientific literature to be included in the contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group I, which deals with the physical science basis of climate change, by four months from 30 September 2020 in the original Working Group I schedule to 31 January 2021.
Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has revised the timeline for preparing its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) because of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
IPCC will extend the government and expert review of the Second Order Draft of the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, originally scheduled to run until 26 April 2020, by six weeks to Friday 5 June 2020.
The Second Order Draft (SOD) of the Working Group I contribution to the AR6, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis is now open for expert review.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of the Head of the Technical Support Unit for the Synthesis Report (SYR TSU).
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of the Senior Administrator, IPCC WG-III Technical Support Unit
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group III contribution to the AR6, Climate Change 2021: Mitigation of Climate Change is now open for expert review.
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group II contribution to the AR6, Climate Change 2021: Impacts, Adaptation and vulnerability is now open for expert review.
Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of the Director of Communications & Outreach in the Technical Support Unit (IPCC WGII). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in its Sixth Assessment cycle. The Working Group II Technical Support Unit (WGII TSU), which provides the scientific, technical and organisational support of the activities and products of the Working Group focusing on the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability of Climate Change, is employed through the Alfred-Wegener-Institute in Bremen, Germany.
Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of a Science Officer in the Technical Support Unit (IPCC WGII). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in its Sixth Assessment cycle. The Working Group II Technical Support Unit (WGII TSU), which provides the scientific, technical and organisational support of the activities and products of the Working Group focusing on the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability of Climate Change, is employed through the Alfred-Wegener-Institute in Bremen, Germany.
Die Gletscher, Permafrostböden und Ozeane weltweit verändern sich mit dem Klimawandel im Laufe des 21. Jahrhunderts markant. Dies zeigt der am Mittwoch in Monaco veröffentlichte neue Bericht des Weltklimarates (IPCC). Der Meeresspiegel wird bis 2100 um 43 bis 84 Zentimeter steigen und Gebiete unter Wasser setzen, in denen heute Hunderte von Millionen Menschen leben. Gletscher weltweit verlieren zwischen 2015 und 2100 18 bis 36 Prozent ihrer Masse, jene in Europa gar über 80 Prozent. Bei weiterhin hohen Treibhausgas-Emissionen könnten bis 2100 49 bis 89 Prozent der wenig tiefen Permafrostböden auftauen und damit an Stabilität einbüssen.
Die nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung und der Erhalt von Landsystemen ist auch für den Klimaschutz wichtig. Dies zeigt der neueste Spezialbericht des Weltklimarats IPCC. Dabei spielen auch Massnahmen für eine gesündere Ernährung eine wichtige Rolle.
The Centre for Environmental Policy wishes to appoint a Research Fellow as a Senior Scientist within the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). WG III is concerned with the mitigation of climate change and the TSU will be based at the South Kensington Campus.
Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is recruiting the Head of Science in the Technical Support Unit (IPCC WGI) for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The position is located at the University of Paris-Saclay (France).
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group I contribution to the AR6, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis is now open for expert review.
The IPCC is looking for experts to participate in the Scoping Meeting of the Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
Zusammenfassung für politische Entscheidungsträger in Deutsch verfügbar
Second Order Drafts (SOD) are now open for expert review
Um die globale Erwärmung auf 1,5 Grad Celsius zu begrenzen, müssen die Nettoemissionen von CO₂ bis spätestens 2050 weltweit auf null gesenkt werden. Dies ist nur mit einem raschen und tiefgreifenden technischen und gesellschaftlichen Umbau möglich. Das zeigt ein heute veröffentlichter Sonderbericht des Weltklimarats IPCC. Die Begrenzung der Erwärmung auf tiefem Niveau lohnt sich, denn die negativen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels sind bei 1,5 Grad globaler Erwärmung merklich geringer als bei 2 Grad. Das gilt insbesondere für Hitzeextreme und Starkniederschläge und damit verbundene Schäden.
Am 8. Oktober 2018 wird der IPCC-Sonderbericht zu globaler Erwärmung von 1,5 °C veröffentlicht. Wie das IPCC arbeitet, zeigte eine Informationsveranstaltung der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz in Bern aus erster Hand. Die Vorträge sind nun online verfügbar.
Several countries proposed that the IPCC should continue the discussion and consideration on issues relevant to short-lived climate forcers (SLCF). However, issues relating to development of robust inventory methodologies on estimation of SLCF emissions, which were emphasized in the proposal, will require consideration by the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) and may not be covered in the AR6. Therefore, an expert meeting on this topic was held in May 2018. The report of this meeting will be submitted to the IPCC Plenary Session in October 2018.
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the IPCC SRCCL is now open for review.
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the SROCC will soon be open for review.
Data visuals are integral to the communication of the IPCC. They contain important information relevant to stakeholders in society, but they can be difficult for non-experts to understand. The 12 guidelines help climate researchers enhance the accessibility of their data visuals. A full report is also available.
A new handbook on science communication was released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group I Technical Support Unit. This Handbook serves as a resource for IPCC authors - as well as the wider scientific community - to engage audiences with climate change.
Die Deutsche IPCC-Koordinationsstelle hat in Zusammenarbeit mit REKLIM eine deutsche Übersetzung der FAQs zum 5. Assessmentbericht des IPCC (AR5) der Arbeitsgruppe 1 (Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen) herausgegeben, kurz: AR WG1 FAQ.
The overall aim of the refinement of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines is to provide an updated and sound scientific basis for supporting the preparation and continuous improvement of national greenhouse gas inventories.
An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
The First Order Draft (FOD) of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 °C ("Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways") is now available for expert review.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) has selected the team of experts (Coordinating Lead Authors, Authors and Review Editors) who will prepare the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C: an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. The report will be finalized in September 2018 in time for the facilitative dialogue under the Paris Agreement that will take place later that year.
The IPCC is looking for experts to participate in the Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5°C above Pre-industrial Levels and related Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Pathways.
Andreas Fischlin is elected Vice-Chair of WGII
The Federal Council announced today that it will nominate Professor Thomas Stocker from the University of Bern as a candidate for Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The term of office of the current IPCC Chair, Rajendra Pachauri, is drawing to a close. The members of the IPCC are due to elect his successor in October 2015.
The publication of the Synthesis Report is the crowning completion of the IPCC fifth Assessment Report. It contains the scientific work of about 800 scientists during five years. Only one day after the approval in Copenhagen, key contributors presented its most important findings to stakeholders, media and public in Bern on 3 November 2014. For the first time, the report is not just an aggregation but puts the content into an integral perspective and emphasizes cross-cutting issues. Federal Council Doris Leuthard informed about the Swiss climate policy and honoured IPCC and its important work.
On 12 May 2014 Swiss researchers who have been engaged in the elaboration of the IPCC report presented an overview and key messages of the Summary of Policymakers and of the chapters they were involved. About 220 participants attended the forum organized by ProClim, OFEV and the University of Fribourg. It was a follow-up of the event in Bern where the first IPCC volume 'The Physical Science Basis' had been presented.
Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now finalised its full report Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. It is published online on Thursday 30 January 2014, together with the first- and second-order drafts, review comments on these drafts and the responses by author teams to these comments, as well as extensive additional material.
Die Hauptaussagen des ersten Bandes des fünften IPCC Assessments von 2013 "Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen" basieren auf den im Synthesebericht für Entscheidungsträger (SPM = Summary for Policy Makers) und wurden vom IPCC WGI TSU (Technical Support Unit) zusammengestellt.
Auf internationaler Ebene wurde am 27. September anlässlich einer Pressekonferenz in Stockholm der Bericht der Working Group I des fünften IPCC Sachstandsberichts 2013 vorgestellt. Am 30. September stellten am Bericht beteiligte Schweizer Forschende in Bern die Hauptaussagen mit Relevanz für die Schweiz vor. Zielpublikum des öffentlichen Anlasses waren Entscheidungsträger aus Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Politik sowie Forschende, Medienschaffende und die interessierte Öffentlichkeit. Die Veranstaltung stiess auf grosses Interesse: Etwa 370 Personen nahmen daran teil.
Climate model results provide the basis for projections of future climate change and increasing numbers of models are likely to contribute to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5). The heterogeneity in the new generation of climate models and an increasing emphasis on estimates of uncertainty in the projections raise questions about how best to evaluate and combine model results in order to improve the reliability of projections.
Sea level rise is one of the major long-term consequences of human-induced climate change. Future projections of sea level changes and their regional expression are of crucial importance for the sustainability of coastal settlements around the world.
The InterAcademy Council (IAC) of the world's science academies today presented its review of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It concludes that the IPCC assessment reports have been successful over all, but IPCC needs a fundamental reform of its management structure to handle the increasingly complex task.
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) just announced the release of the final list of Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors. This team of 831 experts will coordinate the assessment of the forthcoming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The three volumes will be published between 2013 and 2014.
The InterAcademy Council (IAC [1]) will conduct an independent review of the IPCC’s processes and the Procedures for preparing IPCC reports to further strengthen the quality of the Panel’s reports on behalf of the UN and IPCC. The IAC is the umbrella organization for various national academies of science from countries around the world.
IPCCnews reports about calls and progresses in assessment reports and special reports.
1. Background and motivation The IPCC, in several meetings, have stressed the importance of incorporating water-related issues more fully in to IPCC work. According to many experts, water and its availability and quality will be the main pressures, and issues, on societies and the environment under climate change. 2. Main Objectives The IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water (TPCCW) seeks to improve our understanding of the links of both natural and anthropogenically induced climate change, its impacts, and adaptation and mitigation response options, with water issues. In particular, it will inform policy makers and stakeholders about the implications of climate change and climate change response options for water resources, as well as the implications of water resources for climate change and climate change response options, including associated synergies and tradeoffs. The scope of the TPCCW will be an evaluation of the impacts of climate variability and change on hydrological processes and regimes, and on water resources - their use, quality and management. Relatively little on the hydrology dimension will be included except to highlight the most significant new scientific results. The TPCCW will focus on implications for water resources without and with planned adaptation. Swiss Participant at the Scoping Meeting was Thomas Stocker. Timetable (tentative) The work plan for the production of the TPCCW has to be closely coordinated with the work plan for the 4th IPCC Assessment Report (AR4) since the TPCCW is based on material contained in the water-related chapters of the three working groups. The authors will be selected primarily from the author list of the related chapters of the AR4. Search for Convening Lead Authors and Lead Authors: 3rd quarter 2005 Publication: Early 2008 The decision to go ahead with the Technical Paper will be made in November 2003.