The event will provide an update on the progress of the IPCC’s seventh assessment cycle and insights into key cross-cutting scientific topics and knowledge gaps covered by recent Expert Meetings and Workshops.

• IPCC Chair Jim Skea
• IPCC Vice-Chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
• WGI Co-Chair Robert Vautard
• WGII Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk
• TFI Member Hamid Abaka Souleymane
• TG-Data Co-Chair Aidin Niamir
• WGIII Vice-Chair Siir Kilkis (TBC)

Moderation: Ermira Fida, IPCC Deputy Secretary 

Location: Room Bonn

Tentative run of the show:

Welcome and introductions by the moderator 
Ermira Fida, IPCC Deputy Secretary; 1-2 minutes
 

Part 1) Update on the progress of the seventh assessment cycle (overall progress and activities, progress on individual reports, emphasis on three reports scheduled for release in 2027 - SR Cities, SLCF and CDR methodology reports; preparations for upcoming IPCC-65):
 
Progress of seventh assessment cycle - IPCC Chair Jim Skea; cca 5 minutes
Update on 2027 Special Report on Climate Change and Cities - WGII Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk  – 5 minutes
Update on 2027 Methodology Reports - Short-Lived Climate Forcers and 2027 Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage - TFI member Hamid Abakar Souleymane – 5 minutes
Overview and update on the work of the TG-Data - TG-Data Co-Chair Aidin Niamir (s) - 5 minutes
 
Part 2) Overview of cross-cutting topics covered by Expert Meetings and Workshops (two or more WGs/TFI/TG-Data speakers per segment)
 
•           WCRP/IPCC Co-sponsored Workshop on Earth System High Impact Events, and Tipping Points and their Consequences; WGI Co-Chair Robert Vautard and other speakers (10-15 minutes)
•           IPCC Expert Meeting on Adaptation Metrics, Methodologies and Indicators; WGII Co-Chair Bart van den Hurk and other speakers TBC (10-15 minutes)
•           IPCC Expert Meeting on Gender, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity - IPCC Vice-Chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and other speakers (10-15 minutes)
 
Part 3) Moderated Q&A; 10-15 minutes

The event will serve as a platform to release the report from the IPCC Workshop on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems, held at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, in February 2026, and to brief stakeholders at SB 64 on the workshop’s outcomes.

Speakers include:

• IPCC Chair Jim Skea
• IPCC Vice-Chair Ramon Pichs-Madruga
• Grace Tauli Balawag, Program Coordinator, TEBTEBBA;
• IPBES Secretary Luthando Dziba 
•  Donna Mitzi Lagdameo, UNFCCC
• Sherine El-Wattar, WGII TSU, Science Network Officer 
• Emilie Vanvyve, Science Adviser to the IPCC Chair

Moderation: Andrej Mahecic, IPCC, Head of Communications

Location: Room Bonn

Welcome and introductions (moderator): Andrej Mahecic, IPCC, Head of Communications

Presentations of the IPCC Workshop on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems and its report 

IPCC Chair Jim Skea
Sherine El-Wattar WGII TSU, Science Network Officer 
Emilie Vanvyve, Science Adviser to the IPCC Chair
 

Panel discussion – reflections on the Expert Workshop and experiences engaging diverse knowledge systems:

IPCC Vice-Chair Ramon Pichs-Madruga - 5 minutes
Grace Tauli Balawag, Program Coordinator, TEBTEBBA - 5 minutes 
IPBES Secretary Luthando Dziba - 5 minutes 
Donna Mitzi Lagdameo, UNFCCC  - 5 minutes
 

Moderated Q&A