IPCC at RioThe IPCC will hold two side events at Rio+20 exploring the links between science and policy

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Applying science to Sustainable DevelopmentHow the IPCC brings science to the policy-makers

Friday 15 June, 12.00-13.30 Side event at the “Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation

for Sustainable Development”Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), Room B8

IPCC Bureau members and authors will

• Discuss how the IPCC works and supports decision-makers, and

• Present findings of two recent Special Reports:

• Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (SREX)

• Renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation (SRREN)

A panel discussion with authors and users will follow.

Connecting the dots: science, the IPCC and the policy picture

Friday 15 June, 15.30-17.00

Side event at the at UNCSD RioCentro, Room T-6Co-sponsors - UNEP, WMO

Senior UN officials, IPCC Bureau members, authors and

government representatives will discuss:

• The role of IPCC assessments for policy-making,

• The IPCC as an example for science-policy dialogue, and

• The findings of recent special reports on managing extreme climate events and disasters (SREX) and on renewable energy sources and climate mitigation (SRREN)

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IPCC Secretariat

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IPCC Side Event Programme at RIO+20

Friday 15 June 2012 Forum on Science, Technology & Innovation for Sustainable Development side event PUC- Rio, Room B8, 12.00-13.30

Applying science to Sustainable Development – How the IPCC brings science to the policy-makers http://www.icsu.org/rio20/science-and-technology-forum/programme/side-events/fri-15#IPCC

12.05-12.10 Welcome: Gisbert Glaser Senior Advisor, International Council for Science (ICSU)

12.10-12.25 Introduction: Thelma Krug Co-Chair, IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Overview of assessments and how IPCC works

12.25-12.40 SREX: Úrsula Oswald Spring Lead Author, IPCC SREX report; Professor, Regional Multidisciplinary Research Centre (CRIM), National University of Mexico

Focus on how knowledge assessed in the report can help governments and other decision-makers manage climate and weather-related disasters

12.40-12.55 SRREN: Antonina Ivanova Boncheva Vice-Chair, IPCC Working Group III; Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico

How renewable energy can support universal access to modern and sustainable energy sources while advancing climate change mitigation

12.55-13.30 Panel: moderator Jonathan Lynn Head of Communications, IPCC

How have IPCC reports contributed to decision-making – lessons learnt, future challenges, scientists’ experience

Panellist: Ursula Oswald Spring

Panellist : Thelma Krug

Panellist: Antonina Ivanova Boncheva Panellist: Government representative (tbc)

Note:

The IPCC’s Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), released in May 2011, was produced by IPCC Working Group III.

The IPCC’s Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption (SREX), released in November 2011, was produced by IPCC Working Groups I and II.

UNCSD side event RioCentro, Room T-6, 15.30-17.00

Connecting the dots: science, the IPCC and the policy picture http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=247&menu=126

15.35-15.40 Welcome: Renate Christ Secretary, IPCC

15.40-15.50 Opening: Achim Steiner Executive Director, UNEP

How science underpins environmental policy

15.50-16.00 Scientific assessment: Jean-Pascal van Ypersele Vice-Chair, IPCC

The IPCC assessment process: science at the service of policy-makers

16.00-16.10 SRREN: Youba Sokona Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group III

Renewables in the policy mix to mitigate climate change

16.10-16.20 SREX: Reinhard Mechler Lead Author, IPCC SREX report; Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

A multidisciplinary approach to tackling extreme events in climate adaptation

16.20-16.50 Panel: moderator Renate Christ

How does science support policy, and can multidisciplinary approaches deliver policy coherence?

Panellist: Bedřich Moldan Senator, Czech Republic; Professor of Environmental Science, Charles University, Prague

Panellist: Elizabeth Thompson (tbc) Executive Coordinator, Rio+20

Panellist: Stéphane Dion Member of Parliament, Canada

Panellist: Suzana Kahn Ribeiro Vice-Chair, IPCC Working Group III; Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

16.50-17.00 Closing: Christian Blondin Director, Cabinet and External Relations Department, WMO

Climate and water: how science helps international cooperation

IPCC side event at the Science and Technology Forum Friday 15 June, 12.00-13.30, Pontifical Catholic University Rio (PUC) Speaker biographies: 1. Gisbert Glaser has been Senior Advisor on science for sustainable development and UN system cooperation to the Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU) since 2002. He trained as a geographer, taking his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) in 1965. He has held several senior positions at UNESCO. 2. Antonina Ivanova Boncheva is Director of Interdisciplinary and Postgraduate Research at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS) (Mexico). Her research interests are oriented towards the interface between international trade, sustainable development, security and the environment. She was a lead author on the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report and a Review Editor on the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN). 3. Thelma Krug is a senior researcher at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and a Co-Chair of the IPCC’s Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. She has held senior positions in Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of the Environment, and represents Brazil in international climate change negotiations. She has a doctorate in spatial statistics from the University of Sheffield (UK). 4. Jonathan Lynn joined the IPCC as Head of Communications in December 2011 after working for over 30 years for Reuters as a foreign correspondent and editor. He has an MA from the University of Cambridge (UK), where he studied modern languages. 5. Úrsula Oswald Spring is a researcher and professor at the Regional Centre for Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM) at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). She was elected President of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) in 1998. She is a lead author of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and was a lead author on its Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). In 2009 she was elected national coordinator of water research in Mexico and has held a ministerial position in regional government.

IPCC side event at UNCSD Friday 15 June, 15.30-17.00, RioCentro Conference Centre Speaker biographies: 1. Christian Blondin is director of the Cabinet and External Relations Department at the World Meteorological Organization. He joined the WMO in 2009 after a distinguished career with the French meteorological service. He studied at the Ecole polytechnique and National School of Meteorology (France). 2. Renate Christ was appointed Secretary of the IPCC in 2004 after serving as Deputy Secretary from 1999 to 2004. She previously worked for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and European Commission, and took part in the negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol with the Austrian delegation. She has a doctorate in biology and geosciences from the University of Salzburg (Austria). 3. Stéphane Dion has been a member of Canada’s parliament since 1996. As Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005, he secured one of the greenest budgets in Canada’s history and contributed to the rescue of the Kyoto Protocol when he chaired the UNFCCC COP-11 meeting in Montreal in 2005. Before entering politics he taught political science at the Université de Moncton and Université de Montréal (Canada). He holds a doctorate in sociology from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris (France). 4. Suzana Kahn Ribeiro is Associate Professor of Transport Planning at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Vice-Chair of the IPCC’s Working Group III. She has held several positions in the federal and state governments in the areas of climate change and green economy, and is President of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change. 5. Reinhard Mechler leads the Group on Disasters and Development in the Risks and Vulnerability programme at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. His interests include catastrophe risk modelling, the longer-term impact of disasters and climate change on development, the use of novel risk financing mechanisms and the assessment of the efficiency and equity of risk management and adaptation measures. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany). 6. Bedř ich Moldan has been director of the Charles University Environment Centre in Prague (Czech Republic) since 1992. Among his many political and advisory roles, he was a senator of the Czech Republic from 2004 to 2010 and served as Czech Minister of the Environment from 1989 to 1991. He has published widely in a range of fields including chemistry and environmental science.

7. Youba Sokona leads the African Climate Policy Centre at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He is also a Co-Chair of the IPCC’s Working Group III. From 2004 to 2010 he was Executive Secretary of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS). His interests focus on the energy, environment and sustainable development nexus. He previously served as a professor at the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieur of Bamako (Mali). He has broad experience in Africa of policy development. 8. Achim Steiner, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2006. Before joining UNEP he served as director-general of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. His professional career has included work in India, Pakistan, Germany, Zimbabwe, USA, Vietnam, South Africa, Switzerland and Kenya. He holds both German and Brazilian nationality and has an MA from the University of London (UK). 9. Elizabeth Thompson is executive coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 conference. Before taking up her duties in December 2010, she was Minister for Energy and Environment of Barbados. She has also lectured in ecology, economy, energy and politics. She holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool (UK) and a Master of Laws from Robert Gordon University, Scotland. 10. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele is Professor of Climate and Environmental Sciences at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium, and is a Vice-Chair of the IPCC. He has a number of advisory roles in Belgium. He holds a doctorate from UCL, and conducted his doctoral research in climatology at NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado (USA). In his research he specialized in modelling climate change and the climate effects of human activity.