https://www.ipcc.ch/2025/02/24/ipcc-62-hangzhou/
HANGZHOU, Feb 24 – The 62nd Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened today in Hangzhou, China, to consider and agree on the draft outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.
During the week-long session, the delegates representing Panel’s 195 member governments will also consider the respective timelines and budgets for these four reports.
“This is a pivotal session for the delivery of the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report”, said IPCC Chair Jim Skea.
The Panel’s agreement on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage as proposed by the scoping meeting participants will clear the way for the scientists to start their work on these four reports.
The meeting’s agenda also includes IPCC program and budget and an early consideration of the AR7 Synthesis Report-the final installment of the Seventh Assessment Report to be finalized by late 2029. No decision about the Synthesis Report is expected at this point.
On behalf of the People’s Republic of China hosting this Plenary, the country’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin, and Chen Zhenlin, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, welcomed delegates and observer organisations at an opening ceremony at InterContinental Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province.
In addition to the IPCC Chair, more than 400 delegates were also addressed by Ko Barrett the Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization. The ceremony also included screening of video messages from Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, and Simon Stiell the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Except for the opening session, the IPCC meeting is closed to media.
Video messages and other visuals from the opening session will be available here.
For more information, contact:
IPCC Press Office, Email: ipcc-media@wmo.int;
Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516; Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120.
