LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Partnering with the users of IPCC products
How best to deliver scientific assessment of climate change
•  Workshop held at UCL on 4 and 5 February 2014
•  Chatham House Rule, chaired by Arthur Petersen, Neil
Morisetti and Jason Blackstock
•  Besides faculty from UCL STEaPP, 17 participants from:
IPCC member governments, IPCC Executive Committee,
intergovernmental organisations, national government
departments, city governments, business and NGOs
•  Goal: evaluation of IPCC from user perspectives
•  Next slides: main outcomes (see www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp)
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND PUBLIC POLICY (UCL STEaPP)
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Partnering with the users of IPCC products
How best to deliver scientific assessment of climate change
•  IPCC reports still command respect globally and have
universal buy in, standing as they do for a comprehensive,
transparent and open approach.
•  The main use of IPCC reports has been to underpin global
climate negotiations and to provide legitimacy for national
climate policies. However, a disjunction exists between the
IPCC and many other assessment reports that are
regional, national or local, or sector specific. The IPCC
could adapt its products to facilitate better use by such
other assessments.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND PUBLIC POLICY (UCL STEaPP)
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Partnering with the users of IPCC products
How best to deliver scientific assessment of climate change
•  There are limits to what the IPCC can do. There is no
appetite for revolution or to become more engaged in
national or local specifics. However, there is a recognition
of the need to evolve if the IPCC is to retain its global
standing.
•  Possible evolution includes:
1.  Review the frequency of solution space activity (adaptation/
mitigation)
2.  Additional modules, including on methodologies, good practice
guidance, training and accreditation for performing climate
assessments and translating IPCC findings to other venues
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND PUBLIC POLICY (UCL STEaPP)
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Partnering with the users of IPCC products
How best to deliver scientific assessment of climate change
•  Possible evolution includes (continued):
3.  More special reports produced in conjunction with partners
4.  Structure comprehensive assessment cycle around Synthesis
Report
5.  Employ a more active, flexible, updateable reporting mechanism
that establishes a higher level of transparency with easier access
to data
6.  Ensure that all TSUs are shared between developed and
developing country Working Group/Task Force co-chairs
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND PUBLIC POLICY (UCL STEaPP)
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Partnering with the users of IPCC products
How best to deliver scientific assessment of climate change
•  The Task Group on the future work of the IPCC should
consider how it can systematically engage with a wider
user community in order to further enhance the relevance
of the IPCC.
Further information and full report: www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND PUBLIC POLICY (UCL STEaPP)