Title
At the kind invitation of the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) scoping meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will take place at the United Nations Conference Center, situated at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1 to 5 May 2017. Prior to the IPCC scoping meeting, ECA will organize a series of outreach activities, which will include events for the research community, media, students and policymakers.
Outreach events
Objective
The main objective of the outreach is to present the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) findings, as well as the work of the IPCC in the coming years in the context of the Paris Agreement and other international sustainability efforts. The events will aim to:
- Raise awareness, especially among policymakers, about the outcomes of the AR5 demonstrate how they are and will affect the region and highlight solutions to the challenges of climate change.
- Enlist the participation of the local science and research community in climate research and encourage regional contribution to the AR6 cycle by providing information on the IPCC processes.
- Foster a better understanding among the news media about climate science, solutions to climate change and the IPCC process.
- Present the AR5 key messages to civil society and business sector representatives, students and youth groups whenever possible.
Target audience: Policymakers at national, state and city government level; international and intergovernmental organizations; climate and disaster risk management community; business leaders and organizations; civil society organizations; local science and research community; national, regional and international media; students and youth groups.
Language: The language will be English.
Registration:
Please register by 6.00 pm (Addis Ababa time) on 28 April 2017, Thursday, here:
http://www.uneca.org/ipcc2017/register-ipcc-outreach-event-29-30-april-2017
More details about the event can be found on the IPCC webpage here:
http://ipcc.ch/apps/outreach/eventinfo.php?q=379
Programme - Provisional Schedule
Time slot | Event | Location | Target groups | Objective | Room | Speakers |
Saturday 29th April 2017 at 09 .00 am – 11.00 am | Research community | UNCC
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| CR5 | Moderator: James Murombedzi, Office-in-Chagne, ACPC, ECA
Opening: Fatima Denton, Director, Special Initiatives Division, ECA Kerstin Stendahl, Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair Overview of the AR5 Synthesis Report (5 min)
Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt, IPCC Working Group (WG) I Vice-Chair AR5 Key messages: the Physical science Basis (10 min)
Fatima Denton, Director, Special Initiatives Division AR5, Impact, Adaptation, Vulnerability IPCC (10 min)
Petra Tschakert, IPCC AR5 Author AR5 Livelihoods and poverty (7 min)
Gabriel Blanco, IPCC AR5 Author Climate Change: Mitigation (10 min)
Joyashree Roy, IPCC AR5 Author Industry: Options for Mitigation (7 min)
Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair AR5 Synthesis Report (10 min) Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair Plans for the Sixth Assessment Cycle, including SR1.5 (15 min) | |
Saturday 29th April 2017 at 11.10 am – 1.00 pm | Media briefing | UNCC |
| CR3 | Moderator: Ernest Cho Chi Communication Section, ECA (5 min)
Representative of ECA (tbc)
Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt, IPCC WGI Vice-Chair Introduction to climate science (15 min)
Gabriel Blanco, IPCC AR5 Author AR5 Key messages: Mitigation (10 min)
Petra Tschakert, IPCC AR5 Author Impacts, risks and future opportunities (15 min)
Gabriel Blanco, IPCC AR5 Author Climate Change Mitigation (15 min)
Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair IPCC Mandate, History, Structure and Future Work (15 min)
Representative of ACPC (tbc)
Andualem Sisay Gessesse, Climate Change in Ethiopia from a journalist | |
Saturday 29th April 2017 at 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Youth event | Addis Ababa University |
| tbc | Moderator: Representative of University (tbc)
Opening:
Shibru Temesgen, Dean Kerstin Stendahl Deputy Secretary Representative of ECA (tbc) Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair Framing the IPCC assessments (5 min)
Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt, IPCC WGI Vice-Chair AR5 Key messages: the Physical science Basis (10 min) Fatima Denton, Author AR5, IPcc Director Special Initiatives Division, ECA Petra Tschakert, IPCC AR5 Author AR5 Livelihoods and poverty (7 min)
Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Vice-Chair WGIII (tbc) AR5 Key messages: Mitigation (10 min)
Joyashree Roy, IPCC AR5 Author Industry: Options for Mitigation (7 min)
Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair Overview of the AR5 Synthesis Report: focus on Africa and Ethiopia (10 min)
Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair IPCC Role and Activities (15 min)
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Sunday 30th April 2017 at 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Policy makers | UNCC |
| CR2 | Moderator: Fatima Denton, ACPC Director and Author IPCC AR5 Author (3 min)
Opening: Abdalla Hamdok, Executive Secretary, ECA (5 min) Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC (5 min) Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair Framing the IPCC Assessments (5 min)
Gian-Kasper Plattner, Former Head of IPCC TSU WGI AR5 Key messages: the Physical science Basis (10 min)
Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of IPCC WGII AR5 Key messages: Climate Change Adaptation (10 min) Fatima Denton, Climate-resilient pathways Author AR5, IPCC Director,Special Initiatives Division, ECA (10 min) Jim Skea, Co-Chair of IPCC WGIII AR5 Key messages: Mitigation (10 min)
Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair Overview of the AR5 Synthesis Report (10 min) Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair Plans for the Sixth Assessment Cycle (15 min) |