From 26 January to 1 February 2020, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is bringing together around 260 experts from more than 60 countries to Faro, Portugal, to discuss the development of the Working Group II contribution to Sixth Assessment Report. Experts at the meeting will be from IPCC Working Group II that assesses impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The meeting is hosted by the Government of Portugal and the University of Algarve. The IPCC will hold a briefing with the press on 27 January 2020, 08:00 at the Gambelas Campus of the University of the Algarve, Faro. This briefing will take place just before the opening ceremony of the meeting. Media are invited to the opening ceremony 09:00-10:00 and the media briefing preceding it at 08:00-08:30. Speakers at the media briefing will be IPCC Vice-Chairs Thelma Krug and Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair and IPCC Working Group II Co-Chairs Hans-Otto Pörtner and Debra Roberts.