Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
Norwegian researchers on climate change panel
18 Norwegian researchers have been selected to contribute to the preparation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s fifth assessment report.
This will be the fifth in the IPCC series of assessment reports on climate change. 830 researchers from all over the world are working on the project.
Norway’s participation in the IPCC is being coordinated by the Climate and Pollution Agency.
Publication schedule until 2014
In February 2011, the Panel will present a special report on how renewable energy can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and in autumn 2011 a special report will be published on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters.
The IPCC’s conclusions on the physical science base will be presented in 2013.
In 2014, the IPCC will present its conclusions on measures and instruments to mitigate climate change and a synthesis report.
More marine research
The scientific basis for the report will include observations of the atmosphere, oceans and kryosphere as well as data from paleoclimate archives. The researchers are also to investigate biogeochemical cycles and the significance of clouds and aerosols.
The last assessment report, published in 2007, was criticised for its lack of focus on oceans and the marine environment. The IPCC is making up for this in its new report.
Three working group reports
The researchers are organised into three working groups, each of which will produce a report. The Norwegian researchers are:
Working group 1: The Physical Science Base:
- Gunnar Myhre, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Coordinating Lead Author
- Jan Fuglestvedt, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Lead Author
- Eystein Jansen, University of Bergen, Lead Author
- Cecilie Mauritzen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Lead Author
- Jan-Gunnar Winther, Norwegian Polar Institute, Lead Author
- Christoph Heinze, University of Bergen, Review Editor
Working group 2: Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability
- Siri Eriksen, University of Life Sciences, Lead Author
- Grete Hovelsrud, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Lead Author
- Karen O'Brien, University of Oslo, Lead Author
- Asuncion Lera St.Clair, University of Bergen, Lead Author
- Svein Sundby, Institute of Marine Research, Lead Author
- Kenneth Drinkwater, Institute of Marine Research, Review Editor
- Ståle Navrud, University of Life Sciences, Review Editor
Working group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change
- Annegrete Bruvoll, Statistics Norway, Lead Author
- Edgar Hertwich, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Lead Author
- Frank Sperling, World Wildlife Fund, Lead Author
- Daniel Mueller, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Lead Author
- Snorre Kverndokk, Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Oslo, Review Editor
Sources: The Climate and Pollution Agency and CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
- Published:
- 02.08.2010
- Last updated:
- 02.08.2010
