The document provides an overview of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It summarizes that the IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme to assess scientific information on climate change. It produces major assessment reports and special reports to inform policymakers about climate change. Key points include that IPCC reports involve authors and reviewers from around the world and aim to be policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. Major reports have helped inform international agreements like the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. The current assessment cycle is producing several special reports to feed into the 2023 global stocktake.

1. Media Workshop
Jonathan Lynn
IPCC Head of Communications

2. 1988
IPCC – jointly
established by
WMO and UNEP
1990
FAR
1995
SAR
2001
TAR
2007
AR4 AR5 AR6
2013-2014 2021-2022
SR15
UNFCCC
Global
Stocktake
2018 2023
1970s-1980s
Kyoto
Protocol
UNFCCC Adaptation 2 °C limit Paris Agreement
2019
MR
SROCC
SRCCL
Nobel Peace Prize

3. 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

4. Science/Policy Interface
Plenary
Bureaux
WorkingGroup(WG)I
The Physical
Science Basis
WGIII
Mitigation of
Climate Change
WGII
Impacts,
Adaptation&
Vulnerability
Task Force on
National
Greenhouse
Gas Inventories
Authors
Expert
Reviewers
Review
Editors
Intergovernmental Panel: 195 member States
appointing National Focal Points
IPCC – jointly established by WMO and UNEP, action endorsed by the UN General Assembly
Hundreds of scientists and experts from around
the world are involved in the preparation of IPCC
reports

5. Some IPCC Products

6. What are IPCC reports used for?

7. Achievements: 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
The Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change
andAlbertArnold (Al)GoreJr.wereawarded
the Nobel Peace Prize
"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater
knowledge about man-made climate change, and tolay
the foundations for the measures that are needed to
counteract suchchange".

8. FAR (1990)
IPCC reports have made an impact
led to UNFCCC
SAR (1995) input for Kyoto Protocol
TAR (2001) focused attention on
Impacts of climate change
and need for adaptation
AR4 (2007) input for
Decision on 2ºC limit; basis
for post Kyoto Protocol
agreement
AR5 (2013/2014) input for
SR1.5 input for
COP24/Talanoa
Dialogue

9. Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6)
3 Special Reports
Methodology Report update
May 2019: 2019 Refinement to the 2006
IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse
Gas Inventories
AR6 Main Report
2021: Working Group I, II, and III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
April 2022: Synthesis Report to the Sixth Assessment Report
Global Warming of 1.5 °C
(SR15)
Climate Change and Land
(SRCCL)
Ocean and Cryosphere
(SROCC)
October 2018 August 2019 September 2019
Attention on cities in AR6
including a conference and
special report on cities in
AR7
Cities
UNFCCC global stocktake 2023
UNFCCC COP24 - Talanoa (facilitative) dialogue

10. 10 10
10
IPCC Special Reports – Sixth Assessment Cycle

12. 12 12
Land is under
growing
human
pressure
Land is a part
of the solution
But land can’t
do it all
Land is where we live

13. Our ocean and cryosphere –
They sustain us.
They are under pressure.
Their changes affect all our lives.
The time for action is now.

14. Focal Points
Hosts,
Organizers,
Partners
Donors
Bureau
Authors
TSUs
Secretariat
Participants
Working Together Towards a Common Goal
IMPROVING OUTREACH
AND COMMUNICATION

15. Strengthening the Communication
Media & Communications Trainings
Improving presence on social media &
engagement with the media
Greater use of digital technology
Accessible Language

16. IPCC Outreach Activities

17. IPCC and the Media
Press Conferences
Interviews
Media Workshops

18. SROCC Report by the numbers
104
authors
36
countries
31% of
authors
are women
31,176
comments
6981
studies

19. IPCC
IPCC
http://www.slideshare.net/ipcc-
media/presentations
https://www.youtube.com/c/ipccgeneva
Find us on:
Website: http://ipcc.ch/
IPCC Secretariat: ipcc-sec@wmo.int
IPCC Press Office: ipcc-media@wmo.int
@IPCC_CH
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipcc
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ipccphoto/sets/
https://vimeo.com/ipcc
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