Meeting with IPCC Secretariat to Review Joint Activities on Environmental Assessments

The GEO Head and IPCC Secretariat Head discussed their respective activities and how these could be linked to the 'meaningful science-policy input' for Stockholm +50 that is referenced in UNEP/EA.4/RES.23.

Main Outcomes from the discussion included:

• IPCC is holding a scoping meeting soon in Singapore to begin preparing a synthesis report of the 3 special reports that were recently published. The purpose is to inform Member States and decision-makers of the collective and comparable findings from these three reports so that countries are informed about what it would mean to take action to achieve a 2 degree or 1.5 degree world.
• The Adhoc Global Assessment Dialogue effort is also producing a synthesis report of 7 major global assessments that have been published over the last year. The purpose is similar to the IPCC synthesis report.
• The Science Division, along with the Governance Affairs Division of UNEP is also undertaking some preliminary work on the 'meaningful science-policy input' that is requested in resolution 23. This input would support the commemoration of teh 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Environment.
• There are links across each of these products and proper planning and consultation should be undertaken to ensure a scientifically credible product that is viewed as legitimate by Member States is produced.