SREX

• Generic Presentation for general use

At COP-17/CMP-7, Durban, South Africa, 30 November 2011

• Overview of SREX as a whole, Kristie L. Ebi (Head, IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit)
• Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment by Thomas Stocker, IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair - Text
  
• Managing the risks at the international level and integration across scales, Pauline Dube (University of Botswana, Coordinating Lead Author SREX)
• Adaptation options and their implications, Richard Klein (Stockholm Environment Institute, Lead Author SREX)

The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) - standard presentation for general use

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Roundtable Event on the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), Geneva Environment Network, Geneva, 6 July 2011, 10:00 A M to 12:00 PM

This SRREN outreach event in Geneva was organised with the Geneva Environment Network, on 6 July 2011. The meeting featured an open registration process and over 70 participants from various governments, business organisations and NGOs joined the discussion.

• Welcome and Introduction by Mr Christophe Bouvier, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP

IPCC Presentations on the SRREN:

Overview SRREN - Presentation by Ms Renate Christ, Secretary of the IPCC

Presentation by Mr Rolf Wuestenhagen, Director, Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St. Gallen,
   and SRREN Lead Author on Chapter 11 (Policy Financing and Implementation)

Peer discussion by institutional representatives:

• Switzerland Energy Policy - Presentation by Mr Jean-Christophe Füeg, Head, International Affairs, Swiss Federal Office of Energy
• World Economic Forum and Renewable Energies - Presentation by Mr Thomas Kerr, Director, Climate Change Initiatives, World Economic Forum
• Presentation by Mr Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Chief Executive Officer, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Question-and-answer session, moderated by Mr Christophe Bouvier

Other Documents:

Agenda

Speaker biographies

See photo gallery and further information about this outreach event ont the Geneva Environment Network website

Legend photo: GEN event roundtable presenters and panel discussants from left to right: Mr Thomas Kerr, WEF, Dr Rolf Wuestenhagen, SRREN Lead Author, Chapter 11, Dr Renate Christ, Secretary of the IPCC, Mr Christophe Bouvier, UNEP, Mr Jean-Christophe Füeg, SFOE, Mr Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, ICTSD. Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 2011.

 

Brussels launch of the SRREN, 16 June 2011 , 9:30 AM to 12:45 PM

The Brussels launch was chaired by Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Vice-Chair of the IPCC and Professor of Climate and Environmental Sciences at UCL, Belgium) and included a presentation by Mr Ottmar Edenhofer (Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III).

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso gave a keynote speech at the Brussels launch of the IPCC's Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The launch also featured keynote speeches by Ms Connie Hedegaard (EU Commissioner for Climate Action) and Mr Rajendra Pachauri (Chair of the IPCC). Mr Gunther Oetinger (EU Commissioner for Energy) also delivered a pre-recorded keynote address at the event. The launch of the report was followed by a panel debate with Ottmar Edenhofer, Rajendra Pachauri, Jo Leinen MEP (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety), Christine Lins (Secretary General of the European Renewable Energy Council), Frauke Thies (EU Energy Policy Advisor, Greenpeace) and Keith MacLean (Scottish and Southern Energy's Policy and Research Director).

At UNFCCC SB 34, Bonn, Germany, 7 June 2011 - Presentation of the SRREN, SBSTA - IPCC Special Event

The IPCC presented key SRREN findings at the UNFCCC SBSTA meeting in Bonn (at SBSTA 34) on 7 June 2011. Opening remarks and the presentations provided at this event are found below.

• Opening by Ms Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC delivered by Mr Florin Vladu, Manager
• Opening by Mr Mama Konate, SBSTA Chair
• Introduction by Ms. Renate Christ, Secretary of the IPCC

Presentations

• The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation: An Overview - Mr Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair
• Renewable Energy and Climate Change - Mr Youba Sokona, IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair
• Renewable Energy: Mitigation Potential and Costs - Mr Volker Krey (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Lead Author Chapter 10)
• Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development - Mr John Christensen  (Technical University of Denmark, Lead Author Chapter 9)
• Renewable Energy: Policy, Finance and Implementation - Mr Rolf Wüstenhagen (University St. Gallen, Lead Author Chapter 11)

Public Presentation of the SRREN in Berlin (TU Berlin), 16 May 2011, 2 PM to 4 PM

• General information
• Programme
• Presentation

SRREN Launch Event in Abu Dhabi, 9 May 2011, 12 PM to 1 PM

This event was held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, after the IPCC's adoption and approval of the report. Following a brief welcome statement, an SRREN overview presentation, and statements by the panellists, the floor was opened for questions from the Press.

• SRREN Generic Presentation (PDF) (updated)
• For other statements made on 9 May and video recorded with regard to the SRREN launch, please see the Press Information page under Multimedia.

At UNFCCC 16th Conference of the Parties (COP-16), Cancun, Mexico, 1 December 2010 - IPCC Side Event "Update on IPCC Activities"

Programme
 
Presentations

• WG I Progress on AR5 - Mr Thomas Stocker, Co-Chair WG I (video)
• WG II Contribution to the AR5 and the Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters - Mr Chris Field and Vicente Barros, Co-Chairs WG II
• Update on IPCC WGIII Activities - Mr Ramon Pichs-Madruga, Co-chair WG III
• AR5 Cross Cutting Issues - Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice Chair of IPCC
• AR5 Synthesis Report - Mr R.K. Pachauri, Chair of IPCC

At UNFCCC SB 32, Bonn, Germany, 31 May 2010 - IPCC Side Event "Supporting GHG inventories and other activities"

Presentations

Part 1 and Part 2 (compiled)
      
     See PART 2 - AR5 and other ongoing IPCC activities - Ms Renate Christ Secretary of the IPCC

At UNFCCC 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15), Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 December 2009 - IPCC Side Event "IPCC Findings and Activities and their Relevance for the UNFCCC Process"

Programme

Presentations

• The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change: Latest Findings to be Assessed by WG I in AR5 - Mr Thomas Stocker Co-Chair of WG I
• Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability - Main Findings and New Features of the WG II Report - Mr Chris Field Co-Chair of WG II
• IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation - Mr Vicente Barros Co-Chair of WG II
• Climate Change Mitigation: Main Findings of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and Relevant Steps for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) - Mr Youba Sokona Co-Chair of WG III
• Watch the webcast
  (Opening by Mr R.K.Pachauri , IPCC Chair - Due to technical problems, the sound is missing for the first two and half minutes).

 

At UNFCCC SB 34, Bonn, Germany, 8 June 2011- IPCC TFI Side Event " Wetlands & Software: IPCC TFI Developments"

Presentations

• IPCC’s Response to SBSTA Invitations: Preparation of 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines: Wetland - Mr. Taka Hiraishi, Co-Chair, IPCC TFI
• 2013 Supplement: Wetlands - Mr Simon Eggleston, Head TFI TSU
• Understanding Anthropogenic Impact on Peatlands GHGs - Mr Dominique Blain
• Software for the 2006 IPCC Guidelines - Ms Maya Fukuda, TFI TSU
• Emission Factor Database (EFDB) and other activities - Ms Kiyoto Tanabe, TFI TSU

 
 

At UNFCCC 16th Conference of the Parties (COP-16), Cancun, Mexico, 29 November 2010 - IPCC TFI Side Event "Wetlands, HWP and Soil N2O: IPCC response to request from SBSTA"

 

On Nov 29th, a side-event took place from 13:20-14:40 in room Aguila at the UNFCCC in Cancun, Mexico. IPCC's Task Force on Inventories (TFI) reported on the expert meeting that it held in response to an invitation by SBSTA 32. This side event also reported on developing the Emission Factor Database (EFDB). The EFDB is meant to be a recognised library, where users can find emission factors and other parameters with background documentation or technical references that can be used for estimating greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

Programme
 
Presentations

• UNFCCC Request (SBSTA Work Programme - Revision of UNFCCC Annex I Reporting Guidelines )- Ms Astrid Olsson, UNFCCC Programme Officer
• Revisiting the Use of Managed Land as a Proxy for Estimating National Anthropogenic Emissions and Removals - Mr Simon Eggleston, Head of Technical Support Unit for the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
• Use of Models and Measurements in GHG Inventories - Mr Baasansuren Jamsranjav, Technical Support Unit for the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
• HWP, Wetlands and Soil N2O - Mr Simon Eggleston, Head of Technical Support Unit for the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
• Emission Factor Database (EFDB) - Presentation by the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

At UNFCCC SB 32, Bonn, Germany, 31 May 2010 - IPCC Side Event "Supporting GHG inventories and other activities"

Presentations

• Part 1 and Part 2 (compiled)
        
  See PART 1 - Task Force on National Greenhouse Inventories - Mr Taka Hiraishi Co-Chair of TFI,
  Mr Simon Eggleston TFI TSU Head, Mr Nalin Srivastava, Mr Jamsranjav Baasansuren, Ms Kiyoto Tanabe (TFI TSU)
  and Ms Thelma Krug Co-Chair of TFI
  
  

For other presentations by the TFI, see: TFI website.

 

Presentations on the evolution of climate change science as reflected in IPCC Reports, Opening Ceremony at the 20th Anniversary of the IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 31 August 2008

• Mr John Houghton's presentation on the WG I
• Mr Bob Watson's presentation on the WG II
• Mr Ogunlade Davidson's presentation on the WG III
• See also the "1988-2008 20 years IPCC" presentation

 

• WGI presentation by Mr John Houghton
• WGII presentation by Mr Martin Parry
• WGIII presentation by Mr Ogunlade Davidson

At UNFCCC Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 3 November 2009 - IPCC Side Event "Scientific knowledge to meet the challenge of climate change: the most policy-relevant scientific findings to be highlighted by leading IPCC experts"

Programme
 

Video Address
Scientific knowledge to meet the challenge of climate change (the IPCC process and scientific findings related to the mitigation of climate change) - Mr Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC

Presentations

• Timetable for IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) and Special Reports - Ms Renate Christ, IPCC Secretary
• Policy-relevant results from AR4 and some latest findings to be assessed in AR5 - Mr Thomas Stocker, WG I Co-chair
• Policy-relevance of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC AR4 (Fourth Assessment Report) (corrected on 16 June 2010 by removing two slides relating to the Himalayan glaciers) - Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, IPCC Vice-chair
• Watch the webcast of the side event

 

At UNFCCC 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14), Poznán, Poland, 2 December 2008 - IPCC Side Event "The IPCC scientific perspective"

Presentations

• Mitigation of Climate Change - Mr Ottmar Edenhofer, WG III Co-Chair
• Energy and Supply Transport - Mr Ralph Sims, CLA AR4 WG III report
• Climate Change Mitigation in the Buildings Sector - Ms Diana Uerge-Vorsatz, CLA AR4 WG III report
• The Scientific Basis for National and International Co-operative Arrangements - Mr Dennis Tirpak, CLA AR4 WG III report
• Watch the webcast of the side event

 

Pre-COP IPCC workshop - Warsaw, Poland, 2 October 2008

Presentations

• An introduction to the IPCC - Ms Carola Saibante Traverso, IPCC Information and Communication Officer
• The role of the IPCC in Global Climate Protection - Ms Renate Christ, IPCC Secretary
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change is Real and Here! - Ms Lucka Kajfez Bogataj, IPCC WG II Vice-chair during the AR4
• What do we know, according to IPCC (WG II)? - Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, IPCC Vice-chair
• Main findings Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change - Mr Leo Meyer, WG III TSU Head during the AR4
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change: impacts and adaptation - Ms Lucka Kajfez Bogataj, IPCC WG II Vice-chair during the AR4

 

At UNFCCC SB 28,Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2008 - Workshop on IPCC AR4

Presentations

• The Physical Science Basis Latest Findings - Mr Thomas Stocker, WG I Co-chair
• Technical Paper: Climate Change and Water - Ms Jean Palutikov, WG II TSU Head during the AR4
• Observed and projected changes in climate as they relate to water - Mr Peter Stott, CLA AR4 WGI report
• Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: Working Group II material - Ms Jean Palutikov, WG II TSU Head during the AR4
• Findings on Adaptation Planning and Practices in the WG II AR4 of Relevance to the NWP - Mr Shardul Agrawala, CLA AR4 WG II report
• Emission reduction trade-offs for meeting concentration - Mr Michel den Elzen, CA AR4 WG III report
• Implications of stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations - Mr Bert Metz, WG III Co-chair during the AR4

 

Presentation by the IPCC Chairman at the IPCC press conference for the release of the AR4 Synthesis Report - Valencia, Spain, 17 November 2007

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Presentation by the IPCC Chairman - The IPCC Fourth Assessment Working Groups Reports: Key Findings - UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 24 September 2007

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Briefing on the IPCC AR4 at the 15th WMO Congress - Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2007

Presentations

• Presentation of the WG I report : The Physical Science Basis
  • Observations and drivers of climate change - Mr Martin Manning, WG I TSU Head during the AR4
  • Understanding and predicting past and future climate change - Mr Richard Wood, CLA AR4 WG I report
• Presentation of the WG II report : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
  • Introduction and overview - Ms Jean Palutikof, WG II TSU Head during the AR4
  • Climate change impacts on coastal regions - Mr Robert Nicholls, CLA AR4 WG II report
• Presentation of the WG III report: Mitigation of Climate Change
  • Dowload the pdf file - Mr Bert Metz, WG III Co-chair during the AR4

 

Briefing on the IPCC AR4 at UNFCCC Session - Bonn, Germany, 12 May 2007

• Welcome and Introduction to the AR4 - Mr Pachauri, IPCC Chairman
• The relevance of the AR4 for the UNFCCC - Mr Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary

Presentations

• Presentation of the WG I report : The Physical Science Basis
  • Observations and drivers of climate change - Mr Martin Manning, WG I TSU Head during the AR4
  • Causes of past climate change and projections of future changes in climate - Mr Peter Stott, CLA AR4 WG I report
• Presentation of the WG II report : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
  • Overview of the WGII report and Observed Impacts - Ms Jean Palutikof, WG II TSU Head during the AR4
  • Sectoral impacts - ecosystems - Mr Andreas Fischlin, CLA AR4 WG II report
  • Sectoral impacts - food, fibre, forests- Mr Guy Midgley, CLA AR4 WG II report
  • Adaptation strategies and the interrelationships with mitigation - Mr Richard Klein, CLA AR4 WG II report
• Presentation of the WG III report : Mitigation
  • Overview of the WG III report Mr Bert Metz and Mr Ogunlade Davidson, WG III Co-chairs during the AR4
  • Mitigation and Sustainable Development - Mr Jayant Sathaye, CLA AR4 WG III report
  • Mitigation potentials and costs, energy related options - Mr Ralph Sims, CLA AR4 WG III report
  • Mitigation potentials and costs, land use options - Mr Daniel Martino, CLA AR4 WG III report
  • Policies and measures - Mr Dennis Tirpak, CLA AR4 WG III report

 

Presentation of the WG III report at the press conference - Bangkok, Thailand, 4 May 2007

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Presentation of the WG II report at the press conference - Brussels, Belgium, 6 April 2007

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WG II Presentations at regional briefings – various locations, April 2007

Presentations

• The contribution to the Fourth Assessment with and emphasis on Europe and the Alps - Mr Andreas Fischlin, CLA AR4 WG II report
• Impacts of climatic change on snow, ice and water in the Alps - Mr Martin Beniston, LA AR4 WG II report
• IPCC WG II Fourth Assessment Report - Chapter 9: Africa - Ms Balgis Osman-Elasha, LA AR4 WG II report
• Contribución al Cuarto Reporte de Evaluación - América Latina- Ms Ceci Conde, LA AR4 WG II report
• Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability : Small Islands - South West Pacific - Mr Penehuro F. Lefale, LA AR4 WG II report
• The WG II Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - focus on Asia - Mr Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman
• The WG II contribution to the IPCC Forth Assessment Report (Russia) - Mr Serguei Semenov, Mr Oleg Anisimov, Mr Andrey Velichko and Mr Igor Shiklomanov, CLAs and LAs AR 4 WG II report - RUSSIAN
• Structure and Aims of the IPCC - Mr Yuri Izrael, IPCC Vice-chair during the AR4 - RUSSIAN
• Chapter 3 - Chapter 6 - Mr Jose A. Marengo, TGICA Co-chair

 

Presentation of the WG I report at the GMEF and UNEP GC-24 - Nairobi, Kenya, 6 February 2007

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The IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage - standard presentation for general use

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Presentation at the SBSTA Plenary - Montreal, Canada, 29 November 2005

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Joint SBSTA-IPCC side event - Montreal, Canada, 30 November 2005

Presentations

• Introduction to the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
• IPCC SRCCS Carbon Dioxide Sources and Capture - Mr H-Holger Rogner, LA (IAEA)
• Underground geological storage - Mr Malcolm Wilson, LA (Energy INet, Canada)
• CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) : Costs and Economic Potential - Mr Howard Herzog, CLA (MIT)
• Risks, legal issues and public perception - Mr Wolf Heidug, LA (Shell International E&P)
• Other speeches at SBSTA/COP-11

Presentation at SBSTA Plenary - Bonn, Germany, 19 May 2005

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Special joint SBSTA/IPCC/TEAP event - Bonn, Germany, 20 May 2005

Presentations

• Ozone depletion and the climate system - Ms Susan Solomon, WG I Co-chair and Mr John Pyle, CLA (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge and European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit, United Kingdom)
• Chemical and radiative effects of halocarbons and their replacements - Mr Guus Velders, CLA (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands)
• Scenarios for demand, production, banks and emissions - Mr Lambert Kuijpers, Co-chair TEAP
• Refrigeration applications - Mr Petter Nekså, LA (SINTEF Energy Research, Norway)
• Mobile air conditioning - Mr Jürgen Köhler, LA (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)
• Foams - Mr Paul Ashford, CLA (Caleb Management Services, United Kingdom)

Briefing on the TAR Synthesis Report at UNFCCC COP-7 - Marrakech, Morocco,
31 October 2001

Presentations

• Introduction - Mr Robert T. Watson, Mr Habiba Gitay, Mr David Griggs and Mr Jayant Sathaye
• Part I - Mr Robert T. Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR
• Part II - Mr Habiba Gitay, TAR SYR author (Australian National University)
• Part III - Mr David Griggs,, WG I TSU Head during the TAR
• Part IV - Mr Jayant Sathaye, TAR SYR author (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California)
• Part V - Mr Robert T. Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR

 

Briefing on the contribution of Working Group I and Working Group II to UNFCCC COP-6 part 2 - Bonn, Germany, 17 July 2001

Presentations

• Overview of WG I findings, observations, radiative forcing - Mr John Houghton, WG I Co-chair during the TAR
• Model evaluation, detection and attribution - Mr John Mitchell, CLA TAR WG I report
• The carbon cycle - Mr Bob Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR
• Climate projections (including regional projections and sea level) - Mr Ulrich Cubasch, CLA TAR WG I report
• Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability- Overview of WG II Findings - Mr Neil Leary, WG II TSU Head during the TAR
• Adaptation Responses and Vulnerability to Climate Change - Mr Barry Smit, CLA TAR WG II report
• Regional Issues with Emphasis on Developing Countries of Africa - Mr Paul V. Desanker, CLA TAR WG II report

 

Briefing on the contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report to UNFCCC COP-6 part 2 - Bonn, Germany, 18 July 2001

Presentations

• IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), Overview: Mitigation of Climate Change - Mr O. Davidson, WG III Co-chair
• Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development: A Framework for Integration - Mr John Robinson, CLA TAR WG III report
• Technological and Biological Mitigation Potentials and Opportunities - Mr José Roberto Moreira, CLA TAR WG III report
• Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation - Mr Terry Barker, CLA TAR WG III report
• Ways and Means for Achieving Climate Change Mitigation - Mr Jayant Sathaye, CLA TAR WG III report