Media Advisory: IIASA experts available for comment on IPCC reports

IIASA research on climate impacts, adaptation, and mitigation is an important input to the IPCC reports. In addition to peer-reviewed research cited in the IPCC reports, 19 IIASA researchers served as authors and editors of the upcoming reports, from the IPCC’s Working Group II and III. To find experts for interview please check our list of IIASA contributors to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

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Important Dates

March 31
Release of Working Group II: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability.

The IPCC will release the WGII report following a plenary meeting in Japan. IIASA researcher Reinhard Mechler served as a lead author on the Technical Summary and Chapter 19 of the report, on the economics of adaptation, and IIASA Director General Pavel Kabat was a review editor for Chapter 3, Freshwater Resources. In addition, IIASA research on climate impacts was an important input to the report. Read more>>

April 1

German discussion forum on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
IIASA researcher Reinhard Mechler will join other IPCC authors in a discussion forum to explain the new IPCC report on climate change impacts, vulnerability, and climate change. Details>>

April 13
Release of Working Group III: Mitigation of climate change

The IPCC will release the WGIII report following the plenary meeting in Berlin. Fifteen IIASA researchers served as authors or editors on the WGIII report. IIASA researchers Keywan Riahi, Volker Krey, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic will take part in the meeting and will be available in Berlin for interviews (English and German). 

April 31
Austrian presentation of the IPCC WGII and WGIII reports
IIASA researchers will take part in a presentation of the new IPCC reports for an Austrian audience. More information will be available soon.

IIASA experts available for media comment

Working Group II: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability

• Reinhard Mechler: Lead Author, Technical Summary, Ch. 17 – Economics of Adaptation
• Pavel Kabat: Review Editor,  Ch. 3 - Freshwater Resources
  

Working Group III: Mitigation of climate change

• Luis Gomez-Echeverri: Coordinating Lead Author: Glossary, Lead Author: Summary for Policymakers, Technical Summary, Ch. 16 – Cross-cutting Investment and Finance Issues Contributing Author, Ch. 15 National and Sub-National Policies
• Volker Krey: Coordinating Lead Author: Annex 2, Lead Author: Ch. 6 – Assessing Transformation Pathways, Technical Summary, Summary for Policy Makers, Contributing Author: Ch. 9 - Buildings
• Wolfgang Lutz: Lead Author: Ch. 4 – Sustainable Development and Equity
• David McCollum: Lead Author: Ch. 6 - Assessing Transformation Pathways 
• Nebojsa Nakicenovic: Lead Author: Ch. 5 – Drivers, Trends and Mitigation
• Anthony Patt: Lead Author: Technical Summary, Ch. 2 – Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change Response Policies
• Keywan Riahi:  Lead Author: Summary for Policymakers, Technical Summary, Ch. 7 – Energy Systems
• Holger Rogner: Lead Author: Ch. 1 – Introduction, Contributing Author:Ch. 7 - Energy Systems

• Jessica Jewell: Contributing Author: Ch. 6 - Assessing Transformation Pathways 

• Nils Johnson: Contributing Author: Ch. 6 - Assessing Transformation Pathways 
• Peter Kolp: Contributing Author: Ch. 6 - Assessing Transformation Pathways
• Mathis Rogner: Contributing Author: Ch. 5: Drivers, Trends, and Mitigation
• Arnulf Gruebler: Review Editor: Ch. 1 – Introduction
• Joanne Bayer: Review Editor: Ch. 2 – Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change Response Policies

Last edited: 27 March 2014