Selected presentations collected on this page were given by prime IPCC representatives on various occasions. The preparation of each presentation is under the responsability of the presenter. Original figures from the IPCC reports can be found here.

Click to the link below to read details :

Towards the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) 

Bonn Climate Change Talks 2010 - IPCC Side Event "Supporting GHG inventories and other activities" - Bonn, Germany, 31st May 2010

Presentation

Supporting GHG inventories and other activities
       PART 1 – Task Force on National Greenhouse Inventories – Mr Taka Hiraishi Co-Chair of TFI, Mr Simon Eggleston TFI TSU Head,
       Nalin Srivastava, Jamsranjav Baasansuren, Kiyoto Tanabe (TFI TSU) and Ms Thelma Krug Co-Chair of TFI
       PART 2 – AR5 and other ongoing IPCC activities – Ms Renate Christ Secretary of the IPCC

United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 15  IPCC Side Event "IPCC Findings and Activities and their Relevance for the UNFCCC Process" Copenhagen, Denmark, 8th December 2009

Agenda

Presentations

The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change: Latest Findings to be Assessed by WG I in AR5
       – Mr Thomas Stocker Co-Chair of WG I
Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability – Main Findings and New Features of the WG II Report
       – Mr Chris Field Co-Chair of WG II
IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
      – Mr Vicente Barros Co-Chair of WG II
Climate Change Mitigation: Main Findings of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and Relevant Steps for the
      Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
       – Mr Youba Sokona Co-Chair of WG III
  Watch the webcast
(Opening by Mr R.K.Pachauri , IPCC Chair - Due to technical problems, the sound is missing for the first two and half minutes).

20th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

     
      Presentations on the evolution of climate change science as reflected in IPCC Reports, Opening Ceremony,

      31 August 2008, Geneva

Mr John Houghton's presentation on the WG I

Mr Bob Watson's presentation on the WG II

Mr Ogunlade Davidson's presentation on the WG III

See also the "1988-2008  20 years IPCC" presentation
 

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) "Climate Change 2007"

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 - IPCC Side Event "Scientific knowledge to meet the challenge of climate change: the most policy-relevant scientific findings to be highlighted by leading IPCC experts" - Barcelona, Spain, 3 November 2009

COP 14 - IPCC Side Event "The IPCC scientific perspective" - Poznán, Poland, 2 December 2008

Mitigation of Climate Change – Mr Ottmar Edenhofer, WG III Co-Chair

Energy and Supply Transport – Mr Ralph Sims, CLA AR4 WG III report

Climate Change Mitigation in the Buildings Sector – Ms Diana Uerge-Vorsatz, CLA AR4 WG III report

The Scientific Basis for National and International Co-operative Arrangements – Mr Dennis Tirpak, CLA AR4 WG III report
 

Watch the webcast of the side event

Pre-COP IPCC workshop - Warsaw, Poland, 2 October 2008

An introduction to the IPCC – Ms Carola Saibante Traverso, IPCC Information and Communication Officer

The role of the IPCC in Global Climate Protection – Ms Renate Christ, IPCC Secretary

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change is Real and Here! – Ms Lucka Kajfez Bogataj, IPCC WG II Vice-chair during the AR4

What do we know, according to IPCC (WG II)?  – Mr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, IPCC Vice-chair

Main findings Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change – Mr Leo Meyer, WG III TSU Head during the AR4

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change: impacts and adaptation – Ms Lucka Kajfez Bogataj, IPCC WG II Vice-chair during the AR4

Workshop on IPCC AR4 at Bonn Climate Change Talks - UNFCCC SBSTA 28th Session - Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2008

The Physical Science Basis Latest Findings – Mr Thomas Stocker, WG I Co-chair

Technical Paper: Climate Change and Water – Ms Jean Palutikov, WG II TSU Head during the AR4

Observed and projected changes in climate as they relate to water – Mr Peter Stott, CLA AR4 WGI report

Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: Working Group II material – Ms Jean Palutikov, WG II TSU Head during the AR4

Findings on Adaptation Planning and Practices in the WG II AR4 of Relevance to the NWP – Mr Shardul Agrawala, CLA AR4
WG II report

Emission reduction trade-offs for meeting concentration – Mr Michel den Elzen, CA AR4 WG III report

Implications of stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations – Mr Bert Metz, WG III Co-chair during the AR4

 

Video presentation by the IPCC Chairman at the UNFCCC COP 14, Opening Ceremony - Bali, Indonesia, 11 December 2007

View document

 

Presentation by the IPCC Chairman at the IPCC press conference for the release of the AR4 Synthesis Report - Valencia, Spain, 17 November 2007

View document

 

Presentation by the IPCC Chairman - The IPCC Fourth Assessment Working Groups Reports: Key Findings - UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 24 September 2007

View document

Briefing on the IPCC AR4 at the 15th WMO Congress - Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2007

 

Presentation of the WG I report : The Physical Science Basis

Observations and drivers of climate change – Mr Martin Manning, WG I TSU Head during the AR4

Understanding and predicting past and future climate change – Mr Richard Wood, CLA AR4 WG I report

 

Presentation of the WG II report : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Introduction and overview – Ms Jean Palutikof, WG II TSU Head during the AR4

Climate change impacts on coastal regions – Mr Robert Nicholls, CLA AR4 WG II report

 

Presentation of the WG III report: Mitigation of Climate Change

Dowload the pdf file – Mr Bert Metz, WG III Co-chair during the AR4

 

Briefing on the IPCC AR4 at UNFCCC Session - Bonn, Germany, 12 May 2007

 

Welcome and Introduction to the AR4 – Mr Pachauri, IPCC Chairman

Download the pdf

The relevance of the AR4 for the UNFCCC– Mr Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary

Download the pdf

Presentation of the WG I report : The Physical Science Basis

Observations and drivers of climate change – Mr Martin Manning, WG I TSU Head during the AR4

Causes of past climate change and projections of future changes in climate – Mr Peter Stott, CLA AR4 WG I report

Presentation of the WG II report : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Overview of the WGII report and Observed Impacts – Ms Jean Palutikof, WG II TSU Head during the AR4

Sectoral impacts - ecosystems – Mr Andreas Fischlin, CLA AR4 WG II report

Sectoral impacts - food, fibre, forests – Mr Guy Midgley, CLA AR4 WG II report

Adaptation strategies and the interrelationships with mitigation – Mr Richard Klein, CLA AR4 WG II report

Presentation of the WG III report : Mitigation

Overview of the WG III report – Mr Bert Metz and  Mr Ogunlade Davidson, WG III Co-chairs during the AR4

Mitigation and Sustainable Development – Mr Jayant Sathaye, CLA AR4 WG III report

Mitigation potentials and costs, energy related options – Mr Ralph Sims, CLA AR4 WG III report

Mitigation potentials and costs, land use options – Mr Daniel Martino, CLA AR4 WG III report

Policies and measures– Mr Dennis Tirpak, CLA AR4 WG III report

Presentation of the WG III report at the press conference - Bangkok, Thailand, 4 May 2007

View document

Presentation of the WG II report at the press conference - Brussels, Belgium, 6 April 2007

View document

WG II Presentations at regional briefings – various locations, April 2007

The contribution to the Fourth Assessment with and emphasis on Europe and the Alps – Mr Andreas Fischlin, CLA AR4 WG II report

Impacts of climatic change on snow, ice and water in the Alps  – Mr Martin Beniston, LA AR4 WG II report

IPCC WG II Fourth Assessment Report - Chapter 9: Africa  – Ms Balgis Osman-Elasha, LA AR4 WG II report

Contribución al Cuarto Reporte de Evaluación - América Latina  – Ms Ceci Conde, LA AR4 WG II report

Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability : Small Islands - South West Pacific  – Mr Penehuro F. Lefale, LA AR4 WG II report

The WG II Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - focus on Asia  – Mr Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman

The WG II contribution to the IPCC Forth Assessment Report (Russia)  – Mr Serguei Semenov, Mr Oleg Anisimov,
Mr Andrey Velichko and Mr Igor Shiklomanov, CLAs and LAs AR 4 WG II report - RUSSIAN

Structure and Aims of the IPCC  – Mr Yuri Izrael, IPCC Vice-chair during the AR4 - RUSSIAN

Chapter 3 - Chapter 6  – Mr Jose A. Marengo, TGICA Co-chair

Presentation of the WG I report at the GMEF and UNEP GC-24 -  Nairobi, Kenya, 6 February 2007

View document

The IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage - standard presentation for general use

View document

Presentation at the SBSTA Plenary - Montreal, Canada, 29 November 2005

View document

Joint SBSTA-IPCC side event - Montreal, Canada, 30 November 2005

View document

Introduction to the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

IPCC SRCCS Carbon Dioxide Sources and Capture  – Mr H-Holger Rogner, LA (IAEA)

Underground geological storage  – Mr Malcolm Wilson, LA (Energy INet, Canada)

CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) : Costs and Economic Potential  – Mr Howard Herzog, CLA (MIT)

Risks, legal issues and public perception  – Mr Wolf Heidug, LA (Shell International E&P)

Other speeches at SBSTA/COP-11

Presentation at SBSTA Plenary - Bonn, Germany, 19 May 2005

View document

Special joint SBSTA/IPCC/TEAP event - Bonn, Germany, 20 May 2005

View document

Ozone depletion and the climate system – Ms Susan Solomon, WG I Co-chair and Mr John Pyle, CLA (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge and European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit, United Kingdom)

Chemical and radiative effects of halocarbons and their replacements – Mr Guus Velders, CLA (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands)

Scenarios for demand, production, banks and emissions – Mr Lambert Kuijpers, Co-chair TEAP

Refrigeration applications – Mr Petter Nekså, LA (SINTEF Energy Research, Norway)

Mobile air conditioning – Mr Jürgen Köhler, LA (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)

Foams  – Mr Paul Ashford, CLA (Caleb Management Services, United Kingdom)

Briefing on the TAR Synthesis Report at UNFCCC COP-7 - Marrakech, Morocco, 31 October 2001

Introduction – Mr Robert T. Watson, Mr Habiba Gitay, Mr David Griggs and Mr Jayant Sathaye

Part I – Mr Robert T. Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR

Part II – Mr Habiba Gitay, TAR SYR author (Australian National University)

Part III – Mr David Griggs,, WG I TSU Head during the TAR

Part IV – Mr Jayant Sathaye, TAR SYR author (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California)

Part V – Mr Robert T. Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR

Briefing on the contribution of Working Group I and Working Group II to UNFCCC COP-6 part 2 - Bonn, Germany, 17 July 2001

Overview of WG I findings, observations, radiative forcing – Mr John Houghton, WG I Co-chair during the TAR

Model evaluation, detection and attribution – Mr John Mitchell, CLA TAR WG I report

The carbon cycle – Mr Bob Watson, Chairman of the IPCC during the TAR

Climate projections (including regional projections and sea level) – Mr Ulrich Cubasch, CLA TAR WG I report

Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability- Overview of WG II Findings – Mr Neil Leary, WG II TSU Head during the TAR

Adaptation Responses and Vulnerability to Climate Change – Mr Barry Smit, CLA TAR  WG II report

Regional Issues with Emphasis on Developing Countries of Africa – Mr Paul V. Desanker, CLA TAR WG II report

Briefing on the contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report to UNFCCC COP-6 part 2 - Bonn, Germany, 18 July 2001

IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), Overview: Mitigation of Climate Change – Mr O. Davidson, WG III Co-chair

Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development: A Framework for Integration – Mr John Robinson, CLA TAR WG III report

Technological and Biological Mitigation Potentials and Opportunities – Mr José Roberto Moreira, CLA TAR WG III report 

Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation – Mr Terry Barker, CLA TAR WG III report

Ways and Means for Achieving Climate Change Mitigation – Mr Jayant Sathaye, CLA TAR WG III report