Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Appoints Bennett Institute Authors for its 7th Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change has now appointed 664 experts from 111 countries to participate in the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors.
These experts were nominated by governments and IPCC observer organisations and from a global pool of 3,771 nominees.
Bennett Institute’s Benjamin Sovacool has been appointed as a Coordinating Lead Author for working group 2 (AR7-WG2) on Poverty, livelihoods, mobility, and fragility. The working group report is scheduled for publication in 2028.
Professor Sovacool says “This is such an important, and new, chapter, and it will focus on sobering connections between climate change and poverty reduction, refugees and forced displacement, and even violence. It will compile evidence and analysis to make sure that climate action does not harm those groups around the world most vulnerable to the impacts of climate hazards.”
“I am delighted to be appointed part of working group two for the IPCC 7th Assessment Report and influence scientific assessment and policy makers in climate change. The coordinating author role aligns very strongly with our Bennett Institute’s Strategic Plan aims and goals to influence global policy making.”
Felix Creutzig Bennett Institute Chair has also been appointed as a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (scheduled for publication in March 2027).
“This is an incredible opportunity to clarify the global contributions of cities to climate change mitigation, adaptation and providing a landscape of how very different cities can contribute their share”, says Professor Creutzig, himself involved in cutting edge quantitative studies on global urban typologies and their climate solutions.
IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies and are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029.
For further information visit the IPCC website: IPCC concludes selection of authors for its Seventh Assessment Report — IPCC
Footnote: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies.
