Swedish authors selected for the next IPCC main report
The selection of authors for the IPCC's seventh assessment report (AR7) is now complete. Among those selected are 10 experts working in Sweden.
The selection process for coordinating lead authors, lead authors, and review editors is now complete. This was carried out by the respective working group bureau after the IPCC closed the nomination process for IPCC member countries and observer organizations.
One Swedish expert who will contribute as coordinating lead author is SMHI professor of climatology Erik Kjellström, who will be responsible for the chapter on Europe in the report “Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability” (Working Group 2).
− We at Sweden's contact point for the IPCC are proud that several Swedish experts were selected to contribute. We are also pleased with the great interest shown by our experts in contributing to the report, says Camilla Andersson, Sweden's contact person for the IPCC.
A total of 664 selected experts
In total, the agency has selected 664 experts to contribute to the work on the main report in three working groups. Being a lead author or coordinating lead author is a demanding task. These roles involve responsibility for producing the chapters of the report and updating the text based on expert review, and an expert and government review.
The selection of experts was based on scientific merit, but the agency also took into account that the team of authors for each chapter should cover relevant subject areas and that there should be geographical and gender balance in the team of authors. In addition to these experts, other experts will also be invited to make less extensive contributions.
Work on the main report will now begin with an initial meeting of the lead authors before the end of the year and will conclude with a synthesis report to be completed in 2029. The main report consists of contributions from three working groups and a synthesis report. In addition to these, the seventh assessment cycle will also include a special report on climate change and cities (2027) and two methodology reports (on methods for calculating emissions).
This is the IPCC
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is the UN climate panel, founded in 1988 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The panel's mission is to compile and evaluate scientific knowledge about climate change, its effects, risks, and possible measures for climate adaptation and mitigation.
SMHI has been tasked by the government to act as the Focal Point (national contact point) for the UN climate panel IPCC and thus represents Sweden at IPCC decision-making meetings. The assignment also includes nominating Swedish experts to the IPCC's work and disseminating the knowledge and messages from the IPCC's reports to broad target groups.
AR7
Within the seventh assessment cycle, the IPCC will produce a main report (the seventh assessment report) consisting of contributions from the three working groups and a synthesis report.
The working groups' mission
The IPCC is divided into three main working groups and a special working group for methodological guidelines for emissions inventories. The working groups produce reports on the state of scientific knowledge on climate change. Each group focuses on different aspects of climate change.
Working Group 1: The Physical Science Basis – focuses on the physical and scientific aspects of climate change, including future scenarios.
Working Group 2: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability – examines the consequences of climate change for ecosystems, societies, and economies, and solutions and measures for adaptation.
Working Group 3: Mitigation of climate change – examines possible solutions and measures to limit climate change.
