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The IPCC and the Fifth Assessment Report Jonathan LynnIPCC media workshop, Managua28 August 2015

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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.”

Principles Governing IPCC Work, paragraph 2Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipcc-principles.pdf

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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.”

Principles Governing IPCC Work, paragraph 2Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipcc-principles.pdf

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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.”

Principles Governing IPCC Work, paragraph 2Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipcc-principles.pdf

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The role of the IPCC (continued)“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 2Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipcc-principles.pdf

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The role of the IPCC (continued)“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 2Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipcc-principles.pdf

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What are IPCC reports used for?

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What are IPCC reports used for?

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IPCC structure

• UN supported

• Intergovernmental (195 members)

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AR5 Synthesis Report

What are the risks?

What can be done?

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IPCC structure

• UN supported

• Intergovernmental (195 members)

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IPCC reports

Five assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14)

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IPCC reports

Five assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14)

1992 supplementary report and 1994 special report

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IPCC reports

Five assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14)

1992 supplementary report and 1994 special report

Nine special reports (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012)

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IPCC reports

Five assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14)

1992 supplementary report and 1994 special report

Nine special reports (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012)

Guidelines for national GHG inventories, good practice

guidance (1995, 2006, 2013)

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IPCC reportsFive assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013-14)

1992 supplementary report and 1994 special report

Nine special reports (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012)

Guidelines for national GHG inventories, good practice

guidance (1995, 2006, 2013)

Six technical papers (1996-2008)

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The first four assessment reports

• FAR (1990) – 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

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2007

AR5 Synthesis Report

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2007

AR5 Synthesis Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. were awarded the 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".

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Fifth Assessment Report (2013/14)

AR5 Synthesis ReportAR5 Synthesis Report

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Finding your way round the report

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AR5 statistics•836 authors from 85 countries

•(incl 301 DC/EIT, 179 women, 529 new)

•>30,000 papers cited

•~5,000 pages

•~143,000 comments from > 2000 expert reviewers

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Topics often in the news• Balance of reports

• Selection of authors

• Grey literature

• Review process

• Confidentiality of drafts

• Approval process

• Errors

• www.ipcc.ch

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Writing, Review and Acceptance

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Peer reviewed and internationally available scientific technical and socio-economic literature, manuscripts made available for IPCC review and selected non-peer reviewed literature produced by other relevant institutions including industry

IPCC approves

outline

Governments, organizations

nominate experts

Bureaux select Authors

Scoping

Authors prepare 1st -

order DRAFT

Expert Review

Authors prepare 2nd -

order DRAFT

Government and Expert Review

WG/IPCC accepts/approves report and SPM

Authors prepare FINAL DRAFT

Final distribution and Government Review of SPM

Publication of report

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Topics often in the news• Balance of reports

• Selection of authors

• Grey literature

• Review process

• Confidentiality of drafts

• Approval process

• Errors

• www.ipcc.ch

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More on IPCC process• www.ipcc.ch

• > News and Outreach

• >Outreach

• >Materials

• Factsheets

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Future work of the IPCC

- Bigger role for developing countries

- Make reports more accessible

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What next for the IPCC?

• 42nd Session – October 2015, Dubrovnik tbc- Election of new Bureau

• Meeting on communications – early 2016

• Preparing for the Sixth Assessment Report

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Thank you – Questions?

[email protected]

www.ipcc.ch

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IPCC Working Group I, Figure SPM.1aObserved globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature anomaly 1850-2012