IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle:
Looking ahead to SROCC and SRCCLThe IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle(2015 – 2022)
Thelma Krug
IPCC Vice-Chair

IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle

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The role of the IPCC is…
“…to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent
basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of humaninduced climate change, its potential impacts and options foradaptation and mitigation.”“IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy, although
they may need to deal objectively with scientific, technical andsocio-economic factors relevant to the application of particularpolicies.”(Principles Governing IPCC Work, paragraph 2
Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ipcc-principles/ipccprinciples.pdf)

How the IPCC produces its reports

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle – AR6

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Cycle – AR6

Special Report on Climate Change and Land
Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climatechange, desertification, land degradation, sustainable landmanagement, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes interrestrial ecosystemsChapter 1: Framing and Context
Chapter 2: Land–Climate interactions
Chapter 3: Desertification
Chapter 4: Land Degradation
Chapter 5: Food Security
Chapter 6: Interlinkages between desertification, land degradation,
food security and GHG fluxes: synergies, tradeoffs andintegrated response options
Chapter 7: Risk management and decision making in relation tosustainable development

Special Report on the Ocean and
Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
Chapter 1: Framing and Context of the Report
Chapter 2: High Mountain Areas
Chapter 3: Polar Regions
Chapter 4: Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands,Coasts and Communities
Chapter 5: Changing Ocean, Marine Ecosystems, and Dependent
Communities
Chapter 6: Extremes, Abrupt Changes and Managing Risks

2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC
Guidelines for National GHG Inventories
Overview Chapter
Volume 1: General Guidance and Reporting
Volume 2: Energy
Volume 3: Industrial Processes and Product Use
Volume 4: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
Volume 5: Waste

Working Group I:
The Physical Science Basis
Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
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Chapter 5:
Chapter 6:
Chapter 7:

Framing, context, methods
Changing state of the climate system
Human influence on the climate system
Future global climate: scenario-based projections and nearinformation
Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks
Short-lived climate forcers
The Earth’s energy budget, climate feedbacks, and climate
sensitivity
Chapter 8: Water cycle changes
Chapter 9: Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level change
Chapter 10: Linking global to regional climate change
Chapter 11: Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate
Chapter 12: Climate change information for regional impact and for risk
assessment

Working Group II:
Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability
Chapter 1: Point of departure and key concepts
SECTION 1: Risks, adaptation and sustainability for systems impacted byclimate change
Chapter 2: Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services
Chapter 3: Ocean and coastal ecosystems and their services
Chapter 4: Water
Chapter 5: Food, fibre, and other ecosystem products
Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Chapter 7: Health, wellbeing and the changing structure of communities
Chapter 8: Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

Working Group II:
Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability
SECTION 2: Regions
Chapter 9: AfricaChapter 10: Asia
Chapter 11: Australasia
Chapter 12: Central and South America
Chapter 13: Europe
Chapter 14: North America
Chapter 15: Small Islands
SECTION 3: Sustainable development pathways: integrating adaptation andmitigation
Chapter 16: Key risks across sectors and regions
Chapter 17: Decision-making options for managing risk
Chapter 18: Climate resilient development pathways

Working Group III:
Mitigation of Climate Change
Chapter 1: Introduction and Framing
Chapter 2: Emissions trends and drivers
Chapter 3: Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals
Chapter 4: Mitigation and development pathways in the near- to mid-term
Chapter 5: Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation
Chapter 6: Energy systems
Chapter 7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
Chapter 8: Urban systems and other settlements

Working Group III:
Mitigation of Climate Change
Chapter 10: Transport
Chapter 11: Industry
Chapter 12: Cross sectoral perspectives
Chapter 13: National and sub-national policies and institutions
Chapter 14: International cooperation
Chapter 15: Investment and finance
Chapter 16: Innovation, technology development and transfer
Chapter 17: Accelerating the transition in the context of sustainable
development