Fifty-sixth Session of the IPCC and Fourteenth Session of Working Group III

The IPCC held a virtual press conference to present the Summary for Policymakers of the report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change,  on Monday, 4 April 2022.

Recording of the press conference

• Welcome by  IPCC Secretary Abdallah Mokssit 
• Video message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Remarks by Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair
• Video message by Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General  
• Remarks by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UN Environment Programme
• Presentation of the approved Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report by IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee,  Working Group III Co-Chair Jim Skea and Working Group III Vice-Chairs Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and Ramón Pichs-Madruga
• Questions and answers 

Recording of the opening ceremony

The meeting was officially opened at 10.00 GMT on Monday, 21 March 2022.

• Opening remarks by  Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC
• Recorded message by  Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization
• Remarks by Ligia Noronha, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP New York Office, representative of the United Nations Environment Programme
• Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Recorded message by H.E. The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change of the United Kingdom

It was moderated by Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary of the IPCC