COP27 dialogue on just transitions with IPCC Working Group III on mitigation

On Tuesday 15 November 2022, IPCC WGIII convened a dialogue at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh to discuss how the social impacts of mitigation must be managed to ensure just transitions from a high to low carbon world.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. WG III focuses on climate change mitigation, assessing methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

In particular, this session explains how GHG emissions measurements are employed in the WG III report, comparing the different types of measurement approaches available and how they're reconciled in the report for the purposes of Integrated Assessment Modelling.

Speakers

• Jim Skea, Co-Chair of IPCC WGIII; Chair of the Scottish Just Transition Commission 
• Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex; Professor of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University
• Rudi Dicks, Head of Project Management, South African Presidency 
• Mercedes Bustamante, lead author IPCC Chapter 7 on Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use 
• Fatima Denton, Coordinating Lead Author "Accelerating the Transition in the Context of Sustainable Development"
• John Morrison, CEO, IHRB