Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016), the IPCC decided to prepare a special report on climate change and the oceans and the cryosphere.
During its 45th Session (Guadalajara, Mexico, 28 - 31 March 2017), the Panel approved the outline of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate to be
finalized in September 2019.
The Special Report will be developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I and II with support from the WGII TSU.
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.
Following the decision of the panel at its 43rd Session to accept the invitation from the UNFCCC, at its 44th Session, the Panel approved the outline
of Global Warming of 1.5 °C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse
gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
The report was finalized in October 2018
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016), the IPCC decided to prepare a special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.
At its 45th Session (Guadalajara, Mexico, 28 - 31 March 2017), the Panel approved the outline of Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.
The report will be finalized in September 2019.
The Special Report will be developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II, III and the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, with operational support from the Working Group III TSU.
2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
2019 Refinement to the 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories was carried
out by the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) in accordance with
the decision taken at the 44th Session of IPCC in Bangkok, Thailand, in October 2016.
It is titled "2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories" The 2019 Refinement was presented for adoption and acceptance during the 49th
Session of IPCC in Kyoto, Japan, in May 2019.
The overview chapter posted here is the version adopted during the 49th Session of the IPCC and is still subject to copy editing and layout.
Second Joint Session of IPCC Working Groups I and II, and IPCC-51
The Second Joint Session of IPCC Working Groups I and II and the Fifty-first Session of the IPCC (IPCC-51) took place at the Grimaldi Forum – Congress Center, 10 Avenue Princesse Grace, 98000 Monaco, from 20 to 23 September 2019.
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.
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