Prof. Dr. Joern Birkmann, director of the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning has been appointed as coordinating lead author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR 6). In 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Al Gore Jr. and to the IPCC which assesses global climate change, risks as well as adaptation options. Worldwide, 3000 experts were nominated and 721 were finally appointed for the three Working Groups of the Sixth Assessment Report. In the course of the next four years Prof. Birkmann will – together with experts from 90 countries - analyse the impacts of climate change, questions of vulnerability and adaptation. The first two meetings in 2019 will take place in South Africa and in Nepal. The report will be published in 2021.
In addition to the scientific excellence the international exchange is particularly exciting.
Furthermore a report is being developed including a summary for policymakers that will be read word by word and discussed by 190 governments, declares Birkmann.