October 9, 2018

IPCC Special Report on Global Warming

A selection of authors were present at this briefing to discuss the conclusions of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.

Speakers:

Prof Myles Allen, Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 1 (Framing and Context) and University of Oxford, UK

Prof Jim Skea, Co-chair of Working Group III (Mitigation) and Imperial College London, UK

Prof Rachel Warren, Lead Author of Chapter 3 (Impacts of 1.5°C global warming on natural and human systems) and University of East Anglia, UK

Prof Chuks Okereke, Lead Author of Chapter 5 (Sustainable development, poverty eradication, and reducing inequalities) and University of Reading

Dr Heleen de Coninck, Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 4 (Strengthening and implementing the global response to the threat of climate change) and Radboud University, NL

Dr Joeri Rogelj, Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 2 (Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable development) and Grantham Lecturer in Climate Change, Imperial College London

Prof Piers Forster, Lead Author of Chapter 2 (Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable development) and Professor of Climate Change at the University of Leeds