We are seeking a contractor able to assist with the data archival and documentation for the forthcoming IPCC WGI report. This work will form an important contribution to the FAIR data initiative for the report, led by the WGI Technical Support Unit (TSU), which adopts best practice in data archival as established by the international FAIR framework (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

Tenders should be submitted by 25 April 2021.

The concept of risk is a key aspect of how the IPCC assesses and communicates to decision-makers the potential adverse impacts of, and response options to, climate change. The use of the concept of risk has not been fully consistent across Working Groups or between assessment cycles, given that the concept itself and its use by IPCC has continued to evolve.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ukrainian Antarctic Station "Vernadsky Research Base", the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to leading Ukrainian polar explorers for their contribution to scientific activities in Antarctica.

Svitlana Krakovska (LA, Atlas Chapter) is one of the first Ukrainian women to head to Antarctica in the late 1990s to study it. 

The IPCC is in its Sixth Assessment cycle, and in the past two years, has released three Special Reports and a Methodology Report. The IPCC launched a new website to host the Special Reports and are accessible under the Reports section (https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/) of the website ipcc.ch. 

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IPCC author Bronwyn Hayward has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in New Zealand’s new year’s honours. She has been recognized for her services in political science, particularly sustainability, climate change and youth. New Zealand’s Order of Merit was established in 1996 by Queen Elizabeth II to recognize outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity.

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of 

Communications Manager, IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit 

Located at the University of Paris-Saclay (France) 

GENEVA, May 29 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has extended the cut-off date for scientific literature to be included in the contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group I, which deals with the physical science basis of climate change, by four months from 30 September 2020 in the original Working Group I schedule to 31 January 2021. 

Anna Pirani, Head, IPCC WG I Technical Support Unit presented the research, findings and challenges in developing the new gender policy and implementation plan to early career scientists at 

GENEVA, May 1 –  The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be dedicated to the memory of leading climate scientist Sir John Houghton.

Sir John, who died of complications from COVID-19 on 15 April 2020 aged 88, was one of the key figures in the creation of the IPCC in 1988, and served as Chair and Co-Chair of Working Group I, which assesses the physical science basis of climate change, for the IPCC’s first three assessment reports from 1988 to 2002.

GENEVA, April 7 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has extended government and expert review of the second order draft of the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by six weeks to allow reviewers more time in the light of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.