IPCC Briefing for Members of the Latvian Parliament

12 - 1.30pm EEST, Riga (Latvia)
17 Apr 2024

The IPCC Chair and Bureau Members briefed the Members of the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) on key findings from the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report and their relevance for policymakers shaping climate policies and climate action. Speakers covered a range of findings, including, the physical science basis, adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. The IPCC also presented its role and activities for the current seventh assessment cycle. The briefing was followed by a discussion with Members of the Latvian Parliament. 
 
Speakers include:

IPCC Chair Jim Skea
IPCC Vice-Chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
Working Group I Co-Chair Robert Vautard
Working Group II Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk
Working Group II Vice-Chair Zinta Zommers
Working Group III Vice-Chair Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt
Working Group III Vice-Chair Oliver Geden

Documents
  • Outreach Events in Latvia

  • Programme for IPCC Briefing for Members of the Latvian Parliament

Slides
Slide deck for the IPCC Briefing to Latvian Parliamentarians

IPCC Bureau Members briefed Latvian Parlimentarians

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Speakers
Jan Fuglestvedt

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO)

Oliver GEDEN

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Jim Skea

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Diana ÜRGE-VORSATZ

Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP), Central European University

Bart van den Hurk

Deltares

Robert Vautard

CNRS - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

Zinta Zommers

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)

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