Assessing impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in the Seventh Assessment Report

Thursday, 13th November 2025

The event presents an update on the progress of work of the IPCC’s Working Group II contribution to the Seventh Assessment Report with an insight into the vision and the science to be assessed by the Bureau and incoming lead authors. 

Speakers

Jim Skea, IPCC Chair

Bart van den Hurk, WGII Co-Chair

Adelle Thomas,  WGII Vice-Chair

Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos, Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 18 and Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Timo Leiter, Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Technical Guidelines (TGIA), Distinguished Policy Fellow, London School of Economics

Moderator

Andrew Okem, Head of Science, IPCC WGII TSU Netherlands/Delft 

Location

Side Event Room 2