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Researcher on #ClimateChange #Economics @cired8568 , Associate Professor @EcoledesPonts. Passionate about research, interdisciplinarity, teaching, #scicomm...

Mar 29, 2022, 9 tweets

As @IPCC_CH 56th session continues this week towards the approval of the WGIII's assessment report on mitigation, you surely have a question: how does the IPCC approve reports? #ClimateReport #AR6

Well, it is all explained here: ipcc.ch/site/assets/up…
I’ll copy the points for you:

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So, the role of the report authors in the approval process is to guarantee that the summary is consistent with the underlying chapters and is scientifically robust.

The role of governments delegations is to ensure that statements are clear, unambiguous and understandable for policy makers.

This approval process with governments is useful, it establishes a common scientific foundation that all endorse. Political negotiations, eg within the UNFCCC – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, can build on this common understanding of the scientific foundations.

I cannot tell you the content of the discussions on-going right now, but you can follow @IISD_ENB for that. See for instance their report of WGII approval session: enb.iisd.org/55th-session-i…

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