IPCC Outreach Event in Korea

1. Overview of the IPCC Activities:
Abdallah Mokssit
Secretary of IPCC
26-27 June 2023

2. H I S T O R Y & M A N D A T E
First Session of the IPCC, 1988

3. IPCC
Jointly established
by WMO and UNEP
1988
1980 2000 2010 2020 2030
SR15
FAR
UNFCCC
1990
TAR
Adaptation
2001
SAR
Kyoto
Protocol
1995
AR5
Paris
Agreement
2013-14
2018 Sixth Assessment
Report
UNFCCC
Global
Stocktake
GROWING PUBLIC
AWARENESS
INCREASING
STAKEHOLDER
INVOLVEMENT
1990
AR4
2°C limit
Nobel
Peace
Prize
2007
2019
SROCC
SRCCL
GROWTH IN
SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH ON
CLIMATE CHANGE
HISTORY |EVOLUTION OF THE IPCC
WGII
2022
SYR
2021 2023
WGI
WGIII
SR1.5

4. THE ROLE OF THE IPCC IS...
“… to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and
transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic
information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk
of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and
options for adaptation and mitigation.”
“IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy,
although they may need to deal objectively with scientific,
technical and socio-economic factors relevant to the
application of particular policies.”
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING IPCC WORK, PARAGRAPH 2
SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.IPCC.CH/PDF/IPCC-PRINCIPLES/IPCC-PRINCIPLES.PDF

5. S T R U C T U R E & REPORTS PROCESS
AR5 Working Group III, South Korea, 2011

6. Intergovernmental Panel
195 member States appointing National
Focal Points
Hundreds of scientists and experts from
around the world are involved in the
preparation of IPCC reports
WGI
The Physical Science
Basis
WGIII
Mitigation of
Climate Change
WGII
Impacts, Adaptation &
Vulnerability
TFI
Task Force
on National
Greenhouse Gas
Inventories
BUREAUX
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
PLENARY
Expert
Reviewers
Authors &
Scientists
Review
Editors
S T R U C T U R E | G O V E R N A N C E

7. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R E P O R T P R O C E S S | 1 0 S T E P S

8. Assessment
Reports
1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14, 2021-23
Special
Reports
1997, 1999, 2000,
2005, 2011, 2012,
2018, 2019
Guidelines for
national GHG
inventories, good
practice guidance
1995, 1996, 2000, 2003,
2006, 2013, 2019
Technical
Papers
1996-2008
1992 Supplementary report
1994 Special report
6 14 6
9
IPCC R E P O R T S

9. I M PA C T O F T H E I P C C
Nobel Prize Ceremony, Norway, 2007

10. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.
were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
2007 Nobel Peace Prize
”…for their efforts to build up and disseminate
greater knowledge about man-made climate
change, and to lay the foundations for the
measures that are needed to counteract such
change."
I M PA C T | A C H I E V E M E N T

11. IPCC Reports
Are Relevant
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development seeks to meet
the needs of people living today without
compromising the needs of future
generations, while balancing social,
economic, and environmental
considerations.
The UN Sustainable
Development Goals
The 17 UN Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) include targets for
eradicating poverty; ensuring health,
energy and food security; reducing
inequality; protecting ecosystems; pursuing
sustainable cities and economies; and a
goal for climate action.
Crucial Data Provided
by The IPCC
The IPCC provides critical information
for understanding how climate change
will affect the ability to achieve the
development goals and the options to
tackle it.
I M PA C T | R E P O R T R E L E VA N C E

12. Kyoto
Protocol
INPUT
FOR
SAR
1995
Impacts of
climate change
and need for
adaptation
TAR
2001
FOCUSED
ATTENTION
ON
Decision on 2ºC
limit; basis for
post Kyoto
Protocol
agreement
AR4
2007
INPUT
FOR
LED
TO
FAR
1990
UNFCCC
I M PA C T | R E P O R T I M PA C T
INPUT
FOR
AR5
COP21
2013/2014
COP24
INPUT
FOR
SR15
2018
Climate-Land
Dialogue
INPUT
FOR
SRCCL
2019
Ocean-
Climate
Dialogue
INPUT
FOR
SROCC
2019
COP26
INPUT
FOR
WGI
2021
COP25
IN-
TIME
FOR
Refine-
ment
2019
COP27
INPUT
FOR
WGII
&
WGIII
2022
COP27
COP28
INPUT
FOR
SYR
2023

13. I P C C L AT E S T R E P O R T S

14. Recent changes in the climate are
widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and
unprecedented in thousands of years.
Climate change is already affecting every
region on our planet.
WGI
2021
Working Group I Report - August 2021

15. The scientific evidence is unequivocal:
climate change is a threat to human well-
being and the health of the planet.
Any further delay in concerted global
action will miss the brief, rapidly closing
window to secure a liveable future.
WGI COP26 WGII
2021 2022
Working Group II Report - February 2022

16. The time for action is now.
Unless there are immediate and deep
emissions reductions across all sectors, 1.5°C
is beyond reach.
Climate action is being taken in many
countries. There are policies, regulations and
market instruments that are proving effective.
We have options in all sectors to at least halve
emissions by 2030.
2022
WGI COP26 WGII WGIII
2021
Working Group III Report - April 2022
SB56 COP27

17. Synthesis Report - March 2023
WGI COP26 WGII WGIII
2021 2022 2023
SYR
COP27
Our choices will reverberate for
hundreds,
even thousands,
of years.
.
COP28

18. Recent achievements and what is coming next?
• Presentation of the IPCC findings at COP28 in
December as well as other international
conferences
• Regional outreach events
• Beginning of the next cycle – the AR7
WGI COP26 WGII WGIII SB56 COP27
Source: ENB/IISD
2021 2022
SYR
Sixth
Assessment
Repot
March 2023
SB57 COP28
2023
Seventh
Assessment Cycle
AR7 products
• Launch of the three IPCC Working Groups
reports in 2021 – 2022 and the SYR in 2023 –
AR6 is the most intense cycle in IPCC history
with 8 reports and additional challenges due to
the COVID-19 pandemic
• Presentation of the IPCC reports at relevant
conferences and outreach events, including at
the COPs
• Hosting pavilions at the COPs

19. G E T I N V O LV E D
AR6 Working Group III Authors, India, 2019

20. SCIENCE
Informing and supporting
the scientific community.
POLICY
Providing policymakers
with the latest
understanding of climate
science.
OUTREACH
Educating critical
stakeholder communities
- including policymakers,
businesses, and youth.
MEDIA
Working with media to
promote the latest
scientific findings.
IPCC P R O D U C T S | U S I N G T H E R E P O R T S

21. G E T I N V O LV E D
C O N T R I B U T E T O
E X I S T I N G
L I T E R A T U R E
A S A U T H O R S O R
R E V I E W E D I T O R S
A S E X P E R T
R E V I E W E R S
IPCC assessments are as
good as the literature
available.
Look out for the various cut off
dates for literature for the
different reports.
Bureaux selects Authors and
Review Editors from lists of
nominations provided by
governments and observer
organizations.
Look out for the calls for
nomination of authors and
contact your IPCC Focal Point
if you are interested in being
nominated.
Be involved in the two review
stages:
Expert Review of the First
Order Draft
&
Government and Expert
Review of the Second Order
Draft

22. @IPCC
Website: ipcc.ch
IPCC Secretariat: ipcc-sec@wmo.int
IPCC Press Office: ipcc-media@wmo.int
@IPCC_CH
linkedin.com/company/ipcc
F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N : C O N N E C T W I T H U S :
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Abdallah Mokssit, Secretary of the IPCC