GENEVA, Mar 11 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is calling for nominations of experts to act as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, or Review Editors for the three key Working Group contributions to IPCC´s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). This follows the Panel’s agreement on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions during its 62^nd Session held in Hangzhou, China.

Hundreds of experts around the world in different scientific domains volunteer their time and expertise to produce the reports of the IPCC. Author teams reflect a range of scientific, technical and socio-economic expertise. Coordinating Lead Authors and Lead Authors are responsible for drafting the different chapters of the Working Group contributions to the AR7 and, with the help of the Review Editors, revising those based on comments submitted during the two rounds of reviews by experts and governments.

“Our priority for the Seventh Assessment Report is to attract the most talented individuals across the whole spectrum of scientific, technical and socio-economic research. We would like to see balanced author teams involving both established experts and younger scientists new to the IPCC. It is essential that we reflect fully the breadth and depth of knowledge on climate change and climate action” said IPCC Chair Jim Skea.

IPCC author teams include a mix of experts from different regions to ensure geographic balance. The IPCC also seeks a balance in gender, as well as between those experienced with working on IPCC reports and those new to the process, including younger scientists.

During the 60th Session of the IPCC in January 2024, the Panel agreed to continue to prepare a comprehensive assessment report and to maintain the current Working Group structure where Working Group I assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change; Working Group II looks at impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability to climate change, and Working Group III assesses the mitigation of climate change.

The outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the AR7 were developed after a comprehensive scientific scoping meeting in December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before the Panel considered them and agreed upon them at the end of February.

Those interested in being nominated as a Coordinating Lead Author, a Lead Author or a Review Editor should contact their relevant Focal Point. A list of Focal Points for IPCC member governments and observer organizations is available here.

Nominations are submitted through a dedicated online nomination tool by Focal Points in governments and accredited observer organizations, as well as IPCC Bureau Members.

Governments, Observer Organisations, and IPCC Bureau Members have been requested to submit their nominations by Thursday 17 April 2025 (midnight CEST).

More information on the nomination process is here and how the IPCC selects its authors is available here.

For more information, contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int;
Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516; Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120.

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, scientists and experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60^th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.

During its 62^nd Plenary Session held in Hangzhou, China, in February 2025, the Panel has agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).

The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7.. Scientists have also been asked to deliver a Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.

At the IPCC’s  61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half 2027.

In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product.

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provided direct scientific input to the First Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  

OSAKA, Japan, Mar 10 – The First Lead Author Meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Cities taking place in Osaka, Japan, from 10 to 14 March 2025, will bring together almost 100 selected experts from more than 50 countries.

The meeting, hosted at the Osaka International Convention Centre by the Ministry of Environment of Japan, will bring together experts with backgrounds in physical science, impacts, adaptation, vulnerability, and mitigation, including researchers and practitioners from urban communities designated to serve as Coordinating Lead Authors and Lead Authors on the report, who have been selected by the scientific bureaus of the three Working Groups.

“The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities will provide a foundation for all of us to harness the full potential of our cities in tackling climate change, ensuring that they are resilient, inclusive and sustainable for generations to come. We look forward to the insights that our invited experts will bring to developing a robust and actionable report,” said Winston Chow, Co-Chair of Working Group II.

The meeting marks the beginning of the drafting process for this Special Report, which is the only Special Report of the seventh assessment cycle and is scheduled to be finalized in March 2027. Selected authors will work on developing the report based on the outline agreed by the Panel during its 61st Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 27 July to 2 August 2024. In this lead author meeting, authors will discuss the literature to be assessed in the report, and how the different chapters will complement each other.

The Special Report on Climate Change and Cities will provide a timely assessment of the latest science related to climate change and cities, including climate impacts and risks, as well as adaptation and mitigation solutions.

“It is exciting to meet the leading experts selected from all corners of the world and diverse fields who come together to draft this Special Report. We applaud the commitment of the scientists and practitioners who volunteer their time and work towards a more liveable future of our cities.” said Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the scoping of the Special Report and Vice Chair of the IPCC.

For more information about this meeting and related interview requests, please contact Woo Qiyun, Senior Communications Manager of the IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit, media@ipccwg2.org

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, scientists and experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60^th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.

The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7.. Scientists have also been asked to deliver a Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. At the IPCC’s  61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half 2027.

In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product.

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provided direct scientific input to the First Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  

HANGZHOU, Mar 01 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) during its 62^nd Plenary session, which concluded today in Hangzhou, China.

The Panel also approved IPCC’s overall budget for 2025.

“Despite the heavy agenda, thanks to the Panel’s ability to build and achieve multilateral consensus, and the tireless work of the IPCC’s scientific Bureau, we now have clarity on the scope of the scientific content. This allows us to put together author teams and kick start our work on the Seventh Assessment Report.” said IPCC Chair Jim Skea.

From here, governments, observer organisations and IPCC Bureau members will nominate experts to serve as authors.

The Panel’s agreement concludes the initial phase of defining critically important scientific content for the Seventh Assessment Report.

The three Working Group contributions assess the physical science basis of climate change; impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and mitigation of climate change.

The Panel will consider the outline of the Synthesis Report – the fourth and final instalment of the Seventh Assessment Report – at a later date. The Synthesis Report will integrate the contributions of the three Working Groups and the Special Report produced during the seventh cycle. It will be released in the second half of 2029 in line with the Panel’s decision from January 2024.

For more information, contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int;

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, scientists and experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60^th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.

The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7.. Scientists have also been asked to deliver a Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. At the IPCC’s  61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half 2027.

In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product.

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provided direct scientific input to the First Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  

HANGZHOU, Feb 24 – The 62^nd Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened today in Hangzhou, China, to consider and agree on the draft outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.

During the week-long session, the delegates representing Panel’s 195 member governments will also consider the respective timelines and budgets for these four reports.

“This is a pivotal session for the delivery of the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report”, said IPCC Chair Jim Skea.

The Panel’s agreement on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage as proposed by the scoping meeting participants will clear the way for the scientists to start their work on these four reports.

The meeting’s agenda also includes IPCC program and budget and an early consideration of the AR7 Synthesis Report-the final installment of the Seventh Assessment Report to be finalized by late 2029.  No decision about the Synthesis Report is expected at this point.  

On behalf of the People’s Republic of China hosting this Plenary, the country’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin, and Chen Zhenlin, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, welcomed delegates and observer organisations at an opening ceremony at InterContinental Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province.  

In addition to the IPCC Chair, more than 400 delegates were also addressed by Ko Barrett the Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization. The ceremony also included screening of video messages from Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, and Simon Stiell the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Except for the opening session, the IPCC meeting is closed to media.

Video messages and other visuals from the opening session will be available here.

For more information, contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int;
Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516; Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120.

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, scientists and experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60^th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.

The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7.. Scientists have also been asked to deliver a Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. At the IPCC’s  61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half 2027.

In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product.

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provided direct scientific input to the First Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  

24 February 2025, Hangzhou, China

Check Against Delivery

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished delegates, excellencies, dear hosts,

As Chair of the IPCC – allow me first to welcome government delegations, representatives of observer organizations, and IPCC Bureau members attending the Panel’s 62nd Plenary Session.

I also take this opportunity to welcome the staff of the IPCC Secretariat and the Technical Support Units as well as media representatives joining us for the opening ceremony.

I am pleased to greet our dear colleagues and friends. We are honoured that China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration Chen Zhenlin and Li Yanyi, Vice Governor from Zhejiang Province, will address our opening ceremony this morning.

We will also see recorded video messages from the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Inger Andersen, and the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell. I am particularly delighted that our former Vice-Chair and the current Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation Ko Barret is with us for the duration of this plenary.

I also wish to express our special gratitude to the government of China, the authorities of the Zhejiang province and the City of Hangzhou for their warm welcome, exceptional setting and exemplary support and facilitation of this critically important Panel session. We are genuinely impressed by the outstanding organisation of this Plenary. Our hosts have spared no effort to ensure the best possible working environment and conditions for the Panel to deliver in an efficient and timely manner the ambitious programme of work planned for this session.

Since the start of this seventh assessment cycle just 18 months ago, we have made important and steady progress. Six months ago, the Panel gave the green light to the outlines of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, and the Methodology Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers, opening up the process for nominating and selecting authors. With selected authors on board, the first Lead Author Meetings for both reports will take place next month.

Now turning to the impacts of IPCC’s work, it is evident that our timely, policy-relevant and actionable assessment reports have never been more pertinent. Our relevance for policymakers was manifestly reaffirmed and acknowledged in the key decisions of COP29 in Baku.

Specifically – in decisions on the new collective quantified goal on climate finance and UAE Dialogue on the implementation of the Global Stocktake, there were prominent references to the findings from the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.

The Decision on the Global Goal on Adaptation welcomed IPCC’s own decision to revise and update the 1994 Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations and invited the IPCC to organise a special event at the next session of Subsidiary Bodies in June this year.

Lastly, I would like to highlight the COP29 decision on Research and Systematic Observation which noted with appreciation, and welcomed, the statements delivered by the IPCC and welcomed the ongoing work of the IPCC in the seventh assessment cycle.

This week we have a rich and demanding agenda to cover. It is a pivotal session for the cycle, and we will be focused on the science.  We will be agreeing outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report. The Bureau and selected scientists who met at the Scoping Meeting for the Seventh Assessment Report in Kuala Lumpur in December have done their utmost to bring scientifically strong and well-structured drafts to this plenary.

We will also consider the draft outline of the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, a report scheduled for release in 2027.

I’d like to finish by acknowledging the strong and steady support that IPCC member countries have demonstrated in sustaining every aspect of our work. Both support for the science that powers our assessments and generous voluntary contributions. Government support ensures the scientific integrity and continuity of the IPCC as the most authoritative and policy-relevant voice on climate science globally.  

Thank you.

Reposted on 20 February to update the starting time of the opening ceremony to 9.00 a.m. local time

GENEVA, Feb 18– The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be meeting in Hangzhou, China, from 24 to 28 February 2025 to agree on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.

During the IPCC’s 62^nd Plenary Session hosted by the People’s Republic of China, the Panel will consider the draft outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report and the draft outline of the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, and the respective timelines and budgets for these reports.

In addition, government delegates of the 195-member country Panel will be updated on the broad draft outline of the AR7 Synthesis Report. The agenda of the week-long Plenary also includes the IPCC workplan and budget, among other business.

Opening session

The ceremonial opening of the meeting will take place on Monday, 24 February 2025, at 9.00 am local time at InterContinental Hangzhou. Delegates will be addressed by IPCC Chair Jim Skea, Liu Zhenmin, China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, Chen Zhenlin, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, a representative from China’s Zhejiang Province, Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization Ko Barrett, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Inger Andersen and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell.

Where: InterContinental Hangzhou, 2 East Jiefang Road (Jiefang Dong Lu), Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Except for the opening session, the IPCC meeting is closed to media.

Remarks and visuals from the opening session will be posted here as soon as they are available.

For more information, contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int;
Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516; Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120.

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, scientists and experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60^th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.

The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7.. Scientists have also been asked to deliver a Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. At the IPCC’s  61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half 2027.

In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product.

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provided direct scientific input to the First Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  
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Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of

Information and Graphics Designer

The position is located in the Paris area, at Gif-sur-Yvette (France).

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

The IPCC was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide policymakers with rigorous, transparent, and objective scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options. The IPCC is now undertaking its Seventh Assessment (AR7) cycle. The IPCC Working Group I (WGI) assesses the physical science underpinning past, present, and future climate change. The WGI Technical Support Unit (TSU) provides scientific, technical, operational and communications support that underpin and implement the WGI assessment.

The Technical Support Unit (TSU)

The TSU works at the unique IPCC interface between science and policy in the provision of the climate knowledge and information that is relevant for policy needs and decision making. The team is responsible for facilitating and implementing the assessment process undertaken by the author teams and overseen by the WGI Bureau. We are seeking someone who is highly motivated to join a team that spans different areas of expertise including climate sciences (observations, climate processes, global and regional climate modeling), visual design and communication, digital information development and management, and international project management. The team is hosted by Université Paris-Saclay and located in the facilities of Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay in the Paris area.

Role

As a graphics specialist with experience in information design and a good understanding of the WGI climate science, the Information and Graphics Designer will support the preparation of the visual aspects of the AR7 WGI Report. He/she will review the AR6 WGI graphics with the objective to update the WGI Style Guide on best practices for the preparation of visuals. He/she will support the Authors throughout AR7, providing training and assistance in the preparation of graphics and in the implementation of the Style Guide. The selected candidate will play a key role in elaborating a strategy for the development of figures in the chapters of the Report and coordinate the preparation of the graphics included in the Summary for Policymakers which translate complex scientific information into a compelling visual narrative for a non-specialist audience. This may include interacting with groups of users of the Reports ahead of the Report production. In collaboration with the Head of Communication and the graphic experts of the other TSUs, he/she will develop visual products relevant for outreach, internal and external communication.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have ideas for innovative and engaging visual products and the technical knowledge to produce them. Demonstrable experience with animated explainers, videos and infographics would be an asset. Experience working in climate science communication and/or a climate-related field would be desirable.

Required skills/experience:

• Capacity to understand and communicate complex scientific information to non-specialist international audiences;
• Experience with information design using qualitative and quantitative data;
• Experience with the production of static and interactive graphics for print and online media;
• Capability to interact with the international science community;
• Used to working with scientists and users of scientific information in a co-production process;
• Experience with the use of graphics design software, including image editing and data visualization.

Other requirements:

• Bachelor’s / advanced degree in information design, communications, or a relevant field;
• Proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Fluency in another UN language would be an advantage;
• Willingness to undertake international travel;
• Experience filming and editing video would be an advantage;
• Stress-resistance and ability to work precisely and effectively under time constraints;
• Experience in planning, organizing and executing multi-task workloads;

Application

The position is a fixed term contract from Université Paris-Saclay for 3 years with a possibility of extension for the duration of the IPCC Seventh Assessment cycle planned until 2029.

Please send your application consisting of a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two referees, to Clotilde Péan, Head of the WGI TSU. The position will remain opened until it is filled.

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of

Head of Communication

The position is located in the Paris area, at Gif-sur-Yvette (France).

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

The IPCC was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide policymakers with rigorous, transparent, and objective scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options. The IPCC is now undertaking its Seventh Assessment (AR7) cycle. The IPCC Working Group I (WGI) assesses the physical science underpinning past, present, and future climate change. The WGI Technical Support Unit (TSU) provides scientific, technical, operational and communications support that underpin and implement the WGI assessment.

The Technical Support Unit (TSU)

The TSU works at the unique IPCC interface between science and policy in the provision of the climate knowledge and information that is relevant for policy needs and decision making. The team is responsible for facilitating and implementing the assessment process undertaken by the author teams and overseen by the WGI Bureau. We are seeking someone who is highly motivated to join a team that spans different areas of expertise including climate sciences (observations, climate processes, global and regional climate modeling), visual design and communication, digital information development and management, and international project management. The team is hosted by Université Paris-Saclay and located in the facilities of Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay in the Paris area.

Role

The TSU is seeking a senior climate science communications specialist to join a multi-disciplinary team in a dynamic, international working environment. The position will be part of the overall leadership team of the TSU, working in close collaboration with the WGI Co-Chairs and reporting to the Head of the TSU. The role will also involve collaboration more broadly within the IPCC Communications Team.

The successful candidate will lead work with the WGI Co-Chairs, Vice-Chairs, Authors and TSU on the communication and outreach of the WGI contribution to the AR7. He/she will take on the challenge of communicating and increasing literacy of the concepts and results of the assessment in an international context to stakeholders, as well as the broader non-specialist audience.

Responsibilities

• Briefing of Authors on best practices for communicating assessment results (chapter executive summaries, FAQs, Summary for Policymakers);
• Development of the WGI Communications Strategy with WGI TSU, Bureau to develop high quality material and impactful messages across multiple audiences and platforms, including evaluation of impact and success, and interaction with groups of users of the Reports;
• Management of crisis communication in collaboration with the IPCC Head of Communications and Media Relations and the WGI Co-Chairs;
• Communication to facilitate understanding, impact and uptake of the WGI products in the work of stakeholders, including governments, IPCC observer organisations and UNFCCC;
• Communication of WGI products to the broader non-specialist public and fostering climate literacy;
• Organisation of stakeholder engagement activities, outreach events and media briefings, including media training, in collaboration with the IPCC Head of Communications and Media Relations and the WGI co-chairs;
• Expansion of media coverage and impact of WGI, including social media, tracking of media pickup and audience perception;
• Coordination of the development of the WGI blog.

Requirements

Required skills/experience

• A good understanding of climate science communication in an international context;
• A good understanding of challenges of communicating climate science assessments in the global context of communication trends and science ethics;
• Capacity to understand and communicate climate science concepts and findings, including translating complex information for a broader, non-specialist international audience;
• Ability to collaborate with climate scientists from around the world and with different areas of expertise, and train them to communication challenges;
• Outstanding social skills and capability to interact with the international science community;
• Experience in developing and executing communications strategies; institutional, programmatic or in multi-partner projects experience would be desirable;
• Experience in developing communication resources in multiple media, e.g. graphic, written, video, audio, social media (in particular Bluesky, LinkedIn);
• Experience with media engagement, including press conferences, management of incoming requests from global media, story placement, and interview booking;
• Proficiency in drafting press releases, talking points, opinion pieces, and pitches;
• Previous experience in IPCC or similar work, process and context would be an asset.

Other requirements

• Academic education related to climate science would be desirable;
• Over five years’ experience in leading climate science communications efforts;
• Motivation to work in an international team with a common long-term goal;
• Ability to plan, organize and execute complex multi-task problems;
• Capacity to work in a team environment, including supervision of group activities or student projects;
• Flexibility, entrepreneurship, and interest in innovation;
• Experience in planning, organizing and executing multi-task workloads;
• Stress-resistance and capacity to respect time constraints;
• Willingness to undertake international travel;
• Fluency in written and spoken English;
• Proficiency in French would be an asset.

Application

The position is a fixed term contract from Université Paris-Saclay for 3 years with a possibility of extension for the duration of the IPCC Seventh Assessment cycle planned until 2029.

Please send your application consisting of a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two referees,  to Clotilde Péan, Head of the WGI TSU. The position will remain opened until it is filled.

GENEVA, Feb 03 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has selected 97 experts from 56 countries to participate in preparing the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors.

This marks the beginning of the drafting process for this Special Report, which will be the first report delivered by the IPCC in the seventh assessment cycle. Its release is scheduled for March 2027. Selected authors and review editors will work on developing the report based on the outline agreed by the Panel during its 61st Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 27 July to 2 August 2024.

The Special Report on Climate Change and Cities will provide a timely assessment of the latest science related to climate change and cities, including climate impacts and risks, as well as adaptation and mitigation solutions that can be taken to minimize them. Today, more than half of the world’s population is already living in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to further increase by 2050.

“The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is a call to action for all of us to harness the full potential of our cities in tackling climate change, ensuring that they are resilient, inclusive and sustainable for generations to come. We look forward to the insights that our chosen experts will bring to develop a robust and actionable report,” said Winston Chow, Co-Chair of Working Group II.

The Bureau Members of all three IPCC Working Groups carefully considered all nominations and developed the final list of authors and review editors. The selection was undertaken according to the Principles Governing IPCC Work, which has considered the required scientific, technical and socio-economic expertise, geographical and gender balance, and the inclusion of experts with and without previous IPCC experience.

“The selection of the authors for this Special Report is an important step in its production, a leap from the Panel’s decision nine years ago to include it in the IPCC’s seventh assessment cycle.

We are inspired by the strong support from the scientific community worldwide wanting to contribute to this IPCC Special Report, as evidenced by the large number of nominations for Lead Authors and Review Editors, and also by the growing body of scientific literature and interest surrounding climate change and cities,” said Joy Pereira, Co-Chair of Working Group III.

The 97 experts that will undertake the assessment were selected from 1,201 nominations submitted by IPCC’s national focal points and observer organizations. Of the selected experts, 53 per cent are women and 54.6 per cent come from developing countries and economies in transition. Nearly a third are new to the IPCC process.

The overall number of nominations confirms a robust and growing interest of the global scientific community in support for the IPCC and its work. Interested experts can contribute as an Expert Reviewer during the review of this Special Report. Another call will be launched for experts to register for the Expert Review of the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities that will take place in the second half of 2025.

Click here for the detailed list of the members of the author team: https://apps.ipcc.ch/report/authors/

For more information, please contact:

IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int

Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516 or Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120

Notes for Editors

What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. It has 195 member states.

Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.

The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

About the Seventh Assessment Cycle

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Taskforce Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. 

IPCC’s latest report, the Sixth Assessment Report, was completed in March 2023 with the release of its Synthesis Report, which provides direct scientific input to the first global stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sixth Assessment Report comprises three Working Group contributions and a Synthesis Report. The Working Group I contribution Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021. The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was released on 28 February 2022. The Working Group III contribution, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, was released on 4 April 2022 and the Synthesis Report on 20 March 2023. The Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report, distills and integrates the findings of the three Working Group assessments as well as the three Special Reports released in 2018 and 2019.

The special reports were on Global Warming of 1.5°C (October 2018.), Climate Change and Land (August 2019) and, the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (September 2019).

For more information visit www.ipcc.ch.

The website includes outreach materials including videos about the IPCC and video recordings from outreach events conducted as webinars or live-streamed events.

Most videos published by the IPCC can be found on our YouTube channel.  

Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is filling the position of

Senior Science Officer, UKM

IPCC prepares comprehensive and up-to-date assessments of policy-relevant scientific, technical, and socio-economic information needed to further understand the scientific basis of climate change, potential impacts, and options for mitigation and adaptation. WGIII assesses climate change mitigation. The WGIII Technical Support Unit (TSU) provides technical and administrative services in direct support of the elected IPCC WGIII Co-Chairs. This position reports to the WGIII Co-Chair based at the Institute for Environment and Development within Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Key Responsibilities

Scientific Coordination: Ensures draft chapters objectively reflect the latest scientific findings and helps motivate writing teams (specifically authors from the Global South) to stay on schedule while maintaining the highest scientific integrity. Serves as science point-of-contact for assigned WGIII AR7 chapters and other deliverables of the AR7 cycle. Uses expert knowledge of the underlying science and relevant literature to develop innovative ways of improving message and communicating key findings. Attends national and international meetings as a representative of IPCC WGIII.

Scientific Management: Generates syntheses of review comments to derive themes that warrant specific volume-wide and cross-working group attention. Provides on-site support for relevant cross-working group summaries approval processes. Serves as the TSU science focal point for shared WGII/WGIII adaptation-mitigation crosswalk responsibilities (e.g., cross-volume chapters/boxes, FAQs). Serves as science advisor to recruit and support Chapter Scientists from the Global South, and oversees specific tasks under their purview, e.g., grey literature collection, reference management, and other tasks.

Cross-Working Group Collaboration: Assists the WGIII Co-Chairs with the planning and implementation of stakeholder engagement activities. Develops and delivers presentations for technical and non-technical audiences. Develops contacts with industry, environmental, and other groups to disseminate information about IPCC. Promotes authorship and engagement and performs other public outreach tasks (primarily in the Global South).

Skills and Competencies

• Broad, advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of environmental assessment as applied to climate mitigation science and scenarios.
• Subject matter expert in some domain of climate change mitigation with a broad, advanced level knowledge of public policy issues related to global climate change.
• Familiarity with the climate mitigation community, and the ability to foster new contacts and working relationships.
• Expert in synthesizing and summarizing scientific and/or technical information.
• Advanced writing skills, for both technical and non-technical audiences, and in proofreading and editing technical documents.
• Strong public speaking skills.
• Ability to be an effective advocate of the TSU to the international scientific community.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and interpersonal skills to enhance meeting deadlines under pressure.
• Ability to handle confidential/sensitive information.
• Willingness and ability to travel (including international destinations).

Minimum Qualifications

Ph.D. in social or natural science discipline or engineering relevant to climate change mitigation, plus 5 years of experience working with an interdisciplinary community; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Applicant must be fluent in English. Prior IPCC experience desired.

Application Information

This is a 3-year term position, renewed annually. Employment is through Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), a national public research university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia. This WGIII TSU node is housed in the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI) at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI). A remote working arrangement can be accommodated provided the incumbent is available during core working hours for the WGIII Co-Chair based at UKM and for weekly meetings with U.S. TSU nodes.

Click here for the LESTARI application page and here for the full position description. To apply, send your CV and motivation letter to <ipcc-wg3-malaysia@ukm.edu.my>. Questions should be sent to the same address. This job posting will be open until 14 March 2025.