SBSTA-IPCC special event on Assessments of the IPCC and the global stocktake

SBSTA-IPCC special event on advice on how the assessments of the IPCC can inform the global stocktake

Details

Venue: meeting room Genf, World Conference Center Bonn, Germany

Date: 18 May 2016

Time: 15:00–18:00

Background

At its twenty-first meeting in Paris in December 2015, the Conference of the Parties (COP) requested the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to provide advice on how the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can inform the global stocktake of the implementation of the Agreement and to report on this matter to the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) at its second session (APA 2 will take place in November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco). The mandate can be found in decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 100.

In response to the request of the COP, the SBSTA Chair will organize the special event which will allow for an open exchange of views between Parties and IPCC representatives on how the IPCC assessments can inform the global stocktake.

cam On demand webcast.

pdf-icon Note by the Chair of the SBSTA (508 kB) . Information on the SBSTA and the IPCC special event on advice on how the assessments of the IPCC can inform the global stocktake.

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Agenda

Opening and welcome
15:00-15:10	Welcoming remarks by the SBSTA Chair and the IPCC Chair	Carlos Fuller and Hoesung Lee	Webcast
Possible IPCC inputs into the global stocktake - the sixth assessment cycle and beyond (“what” and “when”)
15:10-15:25	The sixth assessment cycle of the IPCC: goals, approaches, products and timeframes	Hoesung Lee (IPCC Chair), Thelma Krug, Youba Sokona (IPCC Vice-chair)	Presentation 1 (327 kB) Presentation 2 (198 kB) Webcast
15:25-15:35	The Physical science basis and the global stocktake	Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Panmao Zhai (WGI Co-chair)	Presentation (942 kB) Webcast
15:35-15:45	Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: possible new elements in support of the global stocktake	Hans-Otto Pörtner, Debra Roberts (WGII Co-chair)	Presentation (1382 kB) Webcast
15:45-15:55	Mitigation of climate change and the global stocktake	Jim Skea (WGIII Co-chair)	Presentation (1295 kB) Webcast
15:55-16:05	Methodological work in support of the Paris Agreement	Eduardo Calvo, Kiyoto Tanabe (TFI Co-chair)	Presentation (746 kB) Webcast
Modalities for the IPCC assessments to inform the global stocktake (“how”)
16:05-16:15	Setting the scene: possible options for modalities for using the IPCC’s latest reports to inform the global stocktake	UNFCCC secretariat	Presentation (173 kB) Webcast
General discussion and interventions from Parties
16:15-17:55	Guiding questions* What are the information needs of the global stocktake that the IPCC can address, beyond the AR5? How can the IPCC products to be published during the sixth assessment period be tailored to better support the global stocktake? How will the IPCC input and the other input to the global stocktake be coordinated to ensure complementarity? What modalities can we use to consider the IPCC input into the global stocktake? What experiences under the Convention can offer lessons in terms of modalities for considering the IPCC’s input?	Hoesung Lee, Thelma Krug, Youba Sokona, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Panmao Zhai, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Debra Roberts and Jim Skea	Webcast
Closing
17:55-18:00	Closing remarks by the SBSTA Chair and the IPCC Chair	Carlos Fuller and Hoesung Lee

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