Webinar: IPCC Scoping Nominations

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has opened nominations of experts to take part in the scoping meetings that will develop the draft outlines of upcoming reports in the Seventh Assessment Cycle.
In this webinar Professor Mark Howden, Vice Chair of IPCC Working Group II, put scoping meetings in context to broader IPCC processes, provided an overview of what is involved in the nomination process and the scoping meeting. Following his presentation, Professor Howden answered questions from the audience.
About the speaker:
Professor Mark Howden is the Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The Australian National University. He is also an Honorary Professor at Melbourne University, a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council. He was on the US Federal Advisory Committee for the 3rd National Climate Assessment, is the Chair of the National Climate Risk Assessment Advisory Committee and contributes to several major national and international science and policy advisory bodies.
Professor Howden helped develop both the national and international greenhouse gas inventories that are a fundamental part of the Paris Agreement and has assessed sustainable ways to reduce emissions. Mark has been a leader in assessing climate change impacts and how to adapt to them across many sectors, especially food and agriculture. He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and now Seventh Assessment Reports, sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC participants and Al Gore.
What is the IPCC?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place. It also produces Special Reports on topics agreed to by its member governments, as well as Methodology Reports that provide guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories.