IPCC to participate in COP24 with new report

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DHAKA, Nov 29, 2018 (BSS) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) will be present at the Katowice Climate Change Conference (COP24) in
Poland on 2-14 December, 2018, with a broad programme of its own events as
well as taking part in the official activities of the meeting.

Co-chairs of the three IPCC Working Groups will present the findings of the
new IPCC report at a special event held with the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) entitled ‘Unpacking the new
scientific knowledge and key findings in the IPCC Special Report on Global
Warming of 1.5 C,’ on Tuesday (December 4), an IPCC media release said.

This report is the key scientific input into COP24, when Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will review
the goals and progress of the Paris Agreement in a process called the Talanoa
Dialogue.

Parties invited the IPCC to prepare the report at COP21 in 2015 when they
adopted the Paris Agreement.

The co-chairs of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories will
hold a side event on the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories, due to be released in May 2019, on Friday
(December 7).

The IPCC will also hold a side event on climate science and policy,
together with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United
Nations Environment Programme, on Wednesday (December 5).

For the first time, the IPCC will have a pavilion (H3) at the climate
conference, where it will present around 30 events showcasing the report on
1.5 C, the Sixth Assessment Report work programme, and other IPCC activities.
The pavilion is shared with the WMO.

IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee and the co-chairs will hold a press conference on 6
December (Thursday) at 14:00-14:30 on the three IPCC reports to be issued in
2019.

The IPCC Chair and the rest of the scientific leadership in Katowice will
be available for interviews.

IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific
information that they can use to develop climate policies.

IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to
tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed at several
stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.

The IPCC assesses the thousands of scientific papers published each year to
tell policymakers about the risks related to climate change.

The IPCC identifies where there is agreement in the scientific community,
where there are differences of opinion, and where further research is needed.
It does not conduct its own research.