IPCC 7th Assessment Report (AR7): call for authors
The UK has been invited to nominate experts for participation in the IPCC鈥檚 Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific body of the United Nations that draws on the expertise of scientists from around the world to assess the science of climate change. It provides policy makers with:
- regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks
- options for adaptation and mitigation
- assessments and reports which are relevant to policy, politically neutral, not prescriptive, highly influential
The assessments have:
- informed the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- drove the Paris Agreement鈥檚 long-term temperature goal to limit global temperature rise to well-below 2掳C and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5掳C
- underpinned the agreement of the聽Glasgow Climate Pact
The 2018聽IPCC聽Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5掳C was also a major influence on the聽聽and led to the adoption of net zero targets in over 145 countries around the world.
IPCC Assessment Reports are released on a roughly 5 to 7 year cycle. The Sixth Assessment cycle concluded in 2023 with the publication of the sixth Synthesis Report. The Seventh Assessment cycle began in January 2024 and is expected to run until 2029.
The call for authors will close at midnight BST on Thursday 10 April 2025.