📅 13-17 March 2023
Interlaken Switzerland
The 58th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 58) and is expected to focus on the approval of the Synthesis Report (SYR) of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which will be the last of the AR6 products. It provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the science of climate change, emphasizing new results since the publication of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in 2014.
The IPCC Sessions are attended by hundreds of officials and experts from relevant ministries, agencies, and research institutions from member countries and from Observer Organizations. The Panel works by consensus to decide on the organization’s budget and work program; the scope and outline of its reports; issues related to principles and procedures of the IPCC; and the structure and mandate of IPCC Working Groups and Task Forces.
The Panel also approves and adopts IPCC reports and elects the IPCC Chair and members of the IPCC Bureau and the Task Force Bureau. IPCC Working Groups hold Plenary Sessions to approve the Summary for Policymakers of Assessment and Special Reports before they are considered by the Panel.