IPCC News
The report is a comprehensive assessment of the current state of climate science, split up into three working groups that focus on the physical science of climate change (Working Group I), impacts adaptation, and vulnerability (Working Group II), and mitigation (Working Group III).
IIASA research feeding into the IPCC reports primarily focuses on the impacts and risks of climate change, as well as mitigation and adaptation. IIASA researchers are major contributors to Working Groups II and III of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report, to be released in March 2014.
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IIASA congratulates new IPCC chair
IIASA welcomes the election of Hoesung Lee, of the Republic of Korea, as the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More
UN General Assembly: Austrian president announces nomination of IIASA Deputy Director General for IPCC chair
On Sunday at the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Federal President of Austria, Heinz Fischer announced Austria’s nomination of IIASA Deputy Director General Nebojsa Nakicenovic as the next chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and called on other countries to support this nomination. More
IIASA Deputy Director General nominated for IPCC chair
IIASA welcomes the nomination by the Austrian government of the Institute’s Deputy Director General Nebojsa Nakicenovic to serve as Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More
IPCC Expert Meeting: Climate research community looks into future scenarios
IIASA plays host to climate experts this week, who are meeting to discuss and further develop new socioeconomic scenarios for climate research. More
IPCC launches full Working Group II report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched the full Working Group II report in Geneva on 15 October 2014. More
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IPCC Meetings and Events
Special Report on 1.5°C second lead author meeting
The second Lead Author Meeting involve scientitsts from more than 40 countries who are convening to write this special r... More
45th session of the IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) holds its 45th session, in which Yoshihide Wada, deputy director of... More
42nd session of the IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) holds its 42nd session, in which a new chair will be elected. IIASA... More
IIASA Hosting IPCC Expert Meeting on Scenarios
Energy Program Director, Keywan Riahi, serves as the meeting's organizer and host as well as a member of the meeting's S... More
IPCC Synthesis Report 2014: Austrian climate science
IIASA researchers will join a lecture and discussion about climate change, hosted by the Climate and Air Quality Commiss... More
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report Plenary Approval Session
IIASA researchers are taking part in the plenary meeting to approve the Synthesis Report for the Intergovernmental Panel... More
IPCC: Summarizing Health Implications
IIASA Energy Program Director Keywan Riahi will attend an IPCC meeting to summarize the health implications and conclusi... More
IPCC Report 2014: Austria
IIASA authors on the 2014 IPCC Working Group II and III reports will present the key findings of the two reports to an A... More
Nexus Blog
IIASA's Tony Patt writes about the implications of the new IPCC report for climate policy.