The IPCC Bureau

The IPCC Bureau provides guidance to the Panel on the scientific and technical aspects of IPCC assessments and gives advice on management and strategic issues.

The IPCC Bureau comprises the IPCC Chair, the IPCC Vice-Chairs, the Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Working Groups and the Co-Chairs of the Task Force. The Bureau is chaired by the IPCC Chair.  During its 41st Session, the Panel decided to increase the size of the Bureau from 31 members to 34 through an increase in representation from Africa (2) and Asia (1).

The purpose of the Bureau is to provide guidance to the Panel on the scientific and technical aspects of its work, to advise on related management and strategic issues, and to take decisions on specific issues within its mandate, in accordance with the Principles Governing IPCC Work. For more details on the role of the Bureau see the Terms of Reference of the Bureau agreed by the IPCC at its 33rd Session.

Members of the Bureau are elected by the Panel for the duration of an assessment cycle following procedures laid down in Appendix C of the Principles Governing the IPCC Work. The Bureau shall reflect a balanced geographic representation with due consideration for scientific and technical requirements. IPCC Bureau members are grouped according to the six regions of the World Meteorological Organization. None of the Bureau members are paid by the IPCC. The current IPCC Bureau and Task Force Bureau were elected during the 42nd Session of the IPCC  in October 2015

At its 33rd Session, the Panel decided to limit the term of office for the IPCC Chair, IPCC Vice-Chairs and the Co-Chairs of the Working Groups and Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories to one term in a particular office, with the possibility of nomination for reelection in the same office for one additional term, based on individual cases as decided by the Panel.

 

IPCC Chair

 

Hoesung Lee

IPCC Chair

The IPCC Vice-Chairs

 

Youba Sokona

Vice-Chair
Mali

Thelma Krug

Vice-Chair
Brazil

Ko Barrett

Vice-Chair
United States of America
 

Working Group and Task Force Co-Chairs

 

Valérie Masson-Delmotte

Co-Chair, Working Group I
France

Panmao Zhai

Co-Chair, Working Group I
China

Hans-Otto Pörtner

Co-Chair, Working Group II
Germany

Debra Roberts

Co-Chair, Working Group II
South Africa

Jim Skea

Co-Chair, Working Group III
United Kingdom

Priyadarshi R. Shukla

Co-Chair, Working Group III
India

Kiyoto Tanabe

Co-Chair, Task Force on National Greenhouse Inventories
Japan

Eduardo Calvo Buendía

Co-Chair, Task Force on National Greenhouse Inventories
Peru
 

Working Group I Vice-Chairs

 

Noureddine Yassaa

Vice-Chair
Algeria

Carolina Vera

Vice-Chair
Argentina

Muhammad Tariq

Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Pakistan

Jan Fuglestvedt

Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Norway

Gregory Flato

Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Canada

Fatima Driouech

Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Morocco

Edvin Aldrian

Vice-Chair, Working Group I
Indonesia

Working Group II Vice-Chairs

 

Andreas Fischlin

Vice-Chair
Switzerland

Mark Howden

Vice-Chair
Australia

Carlos Méndez

Vice-Chair
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Joy Jacqueline Pereira

Vice-Chair
Malaysia

Roberto A. Sánchez-Rodríguez

Vice-Chair
Mexico

Sergey Semenov

Vice-Chair
Russian Federation

Pius Yanda

Vice-Chair
Tanzania, United Republic of

Taha M. Zatari

Vice-Chair
Saudi Arabia

Working Group III Vice-Chairs

 

Diana Ürge-Vorsatz

Vice-Chair, Working Group III
Hungary

Andy Reisinger

Vice-Chair
New Zealand

Ramón Pichs-Madruga

Vice-Chair
Cuba

Nagmeldin G. E. Mahmoud

Vice-Chair
Sudan

Diriba Korecha Dadi

Vice-Chair
Ethiopia

Carlo Carraro

Vice-Chair
Italy

Amjad Abdulla

Vice-Chair
Maldives

Task Force Members

Note: Task Force Members are part of the Task Force Bureau not part of the IPCC Bureau 

 

Irina Yesserkepova

Member
Kazakhstan

Thomas Wirth

Member
United States of America

Rob Sturgiss

Member, Member
Australia

Yasna Rojas

Member
Chile

Riitta Pipatti

Member
Finland

Bundit Limmeechokchai

Member
Thailand

Darío Gómez

Member
Argentina

Dominique Blain

Member
Canada

Fatma Betül Baygüven

Member
Turkey
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