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IPCC Seventh Assessment Report: call for drafting experts

We invite expressions of interest from UK experts to draft the outline for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh Assessment Report.

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published
14 May 2024

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific body of the United Nations that draws on the expertise of scientists from around the world to assess the science of climate change. It provides policy makers with:

  • regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks
  • options for adaptation and mitigation
  • assessments and reports which are relevant to policy, politically neutral, not prescriptive, highly influential

The assessments have:

  • informed the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • drove the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal to limit global temperature rise to well-below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C
  • underpinned the agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact

The 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was also a major influence on the UK’s 2050 net zero target and led to the adoption of net zero targets in over 145 countries around the world. 

IPCC Assessment Reports are released on a roughly 5-7-year cycle. The Sixth Assessment cycle concluded in 2023 with the publication of the sixth Synthesis Report.

The Seventh Assessment cycle began in January 2024 and is expected to run until 2029.

Published 14 May 2024