Authors
278 authors from 65 countries worked on the climate change mitigation report, assessing methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, including through sectors such as energy, transport, buildings, industry, agriculture, forestry, and other forms of land management.
A call for nomination of authors was sent to IPCC member governments, Observer Organizations and Bureau Members on 15 September 2017. They were asked to submit their nominations via their Focal Point by 27 October 2017 via the online portal for submitting nominations.
The Bureaus of the three IPCC Working Groups met to select the author teams from the list of nominations on 29 – 30 January 2018.
278 experts from 65 countries were invited to take on their roles in the WGIII contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Of the selected experts, 36 are Coordinating Lead Authors and 163 are Lead Authors who have the collective responsibility for the contents of their assigned chapters and cross-chapter papers in the report. 38 of the experts are Review Editors who ensure that all substantive comments during the review stages are given appropriate consideration by the Authors. 41% of the selected experts come from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and 59% are from developed countries. 47% of the selected experts are new to the IPCC process. 29% of them are women and 71% men.
The full list of Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors for the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report is available in the author database.
