Approval and launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group III report on Mitigation in a virtual session from 21 March – 4 April.

  • Press conference at 09:00 a.m. GMT on Monday, 4 April 2022. 
  • Pre-registration for media is required here. The deadline for registration is 30 March 2022. 

Geneva, Switzerland – Completing the work of its three distinct working groups, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will meet virtually to approve the Working Group III Report of the Sixth Assessment Report in a joint process with governments and scientists. The upcoming climate report will summarise the latest scientific understanding on ways to mitigate climate change.

Kaisa Kosonen, Senior Policy Advisor, Greenpeace Nordic said:
“This is a crucial report issued at a crucial time when countries, businesses and investors are recalibrating their plans for a faster transition away from fossil fuels and towards truly sustainable, more resilient food systems. Now, more than ever, the IPCC needs to provide concrete, actionable tools for humanity in crossroads.”

The report is expected to assess, among other things:                                                                                                                  

  • Progress in limiting climate-warming emissions and related warming.
  • Mitigation pathways and actions that would be compatible with Paris Agreement goals and sustainable development.
  • The range of available mitigation options in energy and urban systems, and in sectors such as agriculture, forestry and land use, buildings, transport and industry.
  • The social aspects of mitigation, covering factors shaping consumption patterns and opportunities to reduce emissions on the demand side.
  • The scale, timing and nature of further action needed including on institutions, policy, international cooperation, finance and investment, technology development and transfer.

Greenpeace is an official observer to the IPCC and will be attending the virtual approval meeting of the WG III report. Experts are available for comment.

The approval meeting will start with an opening ceremony at 10:00 a.m. GMT on Monday 21 March. The event will be streamed live, with no registration needed. The rest of the approval meeting (from 21 March to 1 April) will be closed to the public and media.

For more information about the WG3 report, see here. To get a fuller understanding of the expected content, see the agreed outline of the WGIII report.

The full story of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report will be brought together by the Synthesis Report in October.

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Notes: See our independent briefings on IPCC AR6 contributions published previously: the WGII report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (AR6 WG2) and the WGI report on Physical Science Basis (AR6 WG1).

Images: Images and videos of climate change impacts are available from the Greenpeace Media Library.

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