SECRETARIAT and TECHNICAL SUPPORT UNITS
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IPCC Secretariat
Technical Support Units (TSUs)

IPCC Secretariat

 

The IPCC Secretariat plans, oversees and manages all IPCC activities.

In particular the IPCC Secretariat :

 

  • Organizes sessions of the Panel and of its Bureau, sessions of the IPCC Working Groups
  • Helps plan and organize other IPCC activities in co-operation with the Technical Support Units (TSU) and guides the TSUs as needed
  • Proposes the annual budget and manages the IPCC Trust Fund 
  • Oversees and co-ordinates IPCC public information and outreach activities
  • Publicizes and disseminates IPCC reports to the wider scientific and policymaker community, including translation of summaries into all UN official languages
  • Monitors progress of IPCC activities and ensures co-ordination among IPCC Working Groups
  • Liaises with member governments (currently 194) and international organizations on IPCC matters The IPCC Secretariat is based in Switzerland, hosted by the World Meteorological Organization. The IPCC sponsoring organisations WMO and UNEP second the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary respectively.

 


Contact information for the IPCC Secretariat


C/o World Meteorological Organization

7bis Avenue de la Paix 

C.P. 2300

CH- 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

 

Phone : (4122) 730-8208 / 54 / 84

Fax : (4122) 730-8025 / 13

 


Personnel

 
Dr Renate CHRIST                                

Secretary of the IPCC


(4122) 730 8574


 
 


Dr
Alexandre ZAYTSEV

Deputy Secretary (acting)


(4122) 730 8247


                                 


 
Ms Mary Jean BURER                           

Programme Officer


(4122) 730 8521

 
  


 Ms Isabel GARCIA-GILL

 Senior Communication and
 Media Relations Programme Manager   


(4122) 730 8508


                                




Ms Sophie SCHLINGEMANN              

Consultant – Legal matters, copyright and speaker requests


(4122) 730 8533

 
  

 Ms Carola TRAVERSO SAIBANTE

 Information and Communication    
 Specialist    


 (4122) 730 8066

 

                                



 

Ms Judith EWA                      

Administrative Officer    


(4122) 730 8087

  


  Mr Jesbin BAIDYA

  IT Officer    


  (4122) 730 8516

 

                                


                                                                
Ms Joelle FERNANDEZ

Administrative Assistant – and assistant to the Secretary


(4122) 730 8254

 
  


Ms Annie COURTIN

Office Assistant – travel and meetings  


(4122) 730 8284

                                 


                                               
Ms Laura BIAGIONI                              

Office Assistant – outreach and web      


(4122) 730 8522

 
 


Ms Amy SMITH AASDAM
Office Assistant – travel and meetings

 

(4122) 730 8208

                                 



                                               
Ms Rockaya AIDARA                              

Press Officer      


(4122) 730 8120

 
 


Ms
Brenda ABRAR

Consultant – in charge of

Scholarship Programme    


(4122) 730 8396

                                 




Technical Support Units


The Technical Support Units (TSUs) of the IPCC Working Groups and Task Force support and coordinate the Working Group’s activities, including arranging the authors’ meetings and assisting them during the draft of the reports.

 

The government of the developed country Co-Chair assumes the primary responsibility for funding the TSU, including office space, equipment and staff. In addition to that the IPCC Trust Fund provides some financial support to assist the developing country Co-Chairs perform their duties, in particular to cover administrative and travel costs.

 

The TSUs for the AR5 are hosted by Switzerland, Working Group I; USA, Working Group II; Germany, Working Group III, and Japan, Task Force on the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.




 
                                             
IPCC Working Group I
Technical Support Unit

C/o University of Bern
Zähringerstrasse 25
3012 Bern
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 31 631 5616
Facsimile: +41 31 631 5615

 
 






IPCC Working Group II
Technical Support Unit

C/o Carnegie Institution for Science
260 Panama Street
Stanford, CA 94305. USA
Phone: (+1) 650-462-1047
Facsimile: (+1) 650-462-5968

                                 





IPCC Working Group III
Technical Support Unit

C/o Postdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research (PIK)
Telegraphenberg A 51
14473 Potsdam
GERMANY
Phone: +49 331 288-2472
Facsimile: +49 331 288-2640
 
 






Technical Support Unit IPCC            National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
C/o Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies
2108-11 Kamiyamaguchi,
Hayama, Kanagawa
240-0115 JAPAN
Phone: +81-46-855-3750
Facsimile: +81-46-855-3808