The IPCC is currently in its Sixth Assessment cycle. During this cycle, the Panel will produce three Special Reports, a Methodology Report on
national greenhouse gas inventories and the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
The 43rd Session of the IPCC held in April 2016 agreed that the AR6 Synthesis Report would be finalized in 2022 in time for the first UNFCCC global
stocktake when countries will review progress towards their goal of keeping global warming to well below 2 °C while pursuing efforts to limit it
to 1.5 °C. The three Working Group contributions to AR6 will be finalized in 2021.
A call for nomination for experts to a scoping meeting for the AR6 has been issued to governments, observer organizations and IPCC bureau members.
They will submit their nominations via their focal points before midnight (CET) on Monday 14 November 2016.
Special Report on impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C (SR1.5)
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016), the IPCC Panel decided to accept the invitation from the UNFCCC to
provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse
gas emission pathways, and to prepare a Special Report on this topic in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of
climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.
Special Report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere (SROCC)
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016), the IPCC Panel decided to prepare a special report on climate change and the oceans
and the cryosphere. The Special Report will be developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II and III with support from the WGII TSU.
Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems (SR2)
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016), the IPCC Panel decided to prepare a special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.
The Special Report will be developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II and III supported by the WG III TSU.
Refining the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
The IPCC is currently in its Sixth Assessment cycle. During this cycle, the Panel will produce three Special Reports, a Methodology Report and the Sixth Assessment Report.
At the 43rd Session of the IPCC in April 2016, the Panel agreed to refine the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, including producing a Methodology Report
in order to update and supplement the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. Work on the Guidelines is necessary to update and provide a sound scientific basis for future international climate action
especially under the Paris Agreement. This process will result in a Methodology Report which will be used in conjunction with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
Assessments of climate change by the IPCC, drawing on the work of hundreds of scientists from all over the world, enable policymakers at all levels of government to
take sound, evidence-based decisions. They represent extraordinary value as the authors volunteer their time and expertise. The running costs of the Secretariat,
including the organization of meetings and travel costs of delegates from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, are covered through the IPCC Trust Fund.
