CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel Members Join IPCC Assessment Report Working Groups

Building on a strong record of contribution to the IPCC’s work, members of the CCAC’s Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) and wider scientific community are joining the Working Groups of the upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), continuing their leading role in advancing global climate science.  Several have been selected as lead and coordinating lead authors on two of the three Working Groups of the upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers are also ongoing.  

IPCC Reports provide an authoritative assessment of the state of knowledge on climate science, mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change. IPCC reports are an important input for policy making and international climate negotiations.

Members of the CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel and other members of the CCAC scientific community will contribute to Working Group I and Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change.  

• Ilissa Ocko (Spark Climate Solutions), will be a lead author for Working Group I, Chapter 5: Scenarios and projected future global temperatures  
• N’Datchoh Evelyne Touré (University Felix Houphouet Boigny and CCAC SAP member), will be coordinating lead author for Working Group III, Chapter 1: Introduction and Framing
• Shonali Pachauri (IIASA and CCAC SAP member) will be a lead author for Working Group III, Chapter 4: Sustainable development and mitigation.  
• Rona Thompson (NILU) will be a lead author for Working Group III, Chapter 2: Past and current anthropogenic emissions and their drivers

Participating in the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities:  

• Sophie Szopa (University of Paris-Est Créteil and CCAC SAP member) is involved as a coordinating lead author for Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, Chapter 1.

Participating in the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers:

• Nathan Borgford-Parnell (CCAC Secretariat) is involved as a coordinating lead author of Volume 1 General Guidance and Reporting (GGR).  
• Kenza Khomsi (UNIDO and CCAC SAP member), Zbigniew Klimont (IIASA) and Graciela Binimelis de Raga (UNAM and emeritus SAP member) are involved as lead authors of Volume 1 General Guidance and Reporting (GGR).
• Martial Bernoux (FAO), Aimable Uwizeye (FAO) and Barbara Amon (Potsdam) are involved as lead authors of Voume 4 Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU).
• Shaohui Zhang (IIASA) is involved as a lead author for Volume 3 Industrial Processes and Product Use.
• Donovan Storey (CCAC Secretariat), Adriana Gomez Sanabria (IIASA) and Celine Gueguen (Independent) are involved as lead authors of Volume 5 Waste.