The seventh assessment cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR7) includes a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. The outline of the Special Report agreed by the Panel at its Sixty-first Session in Sofia, Bulgaria and the call for Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors is available here.
The Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) based in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) are organising an online session to discuss means of advancing science in the Asia Pacific and engaging with the IPCC.
Dr Hiroaki Shibuya, the Deputy Director of the APN Secretariat, is one of the speakers who will discuss the initiatives and activities of APN that are related to cities and climate change.
Convened by the IPCC Co-Chairs of WG III on Climate Change Mitigation and WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the tentative programme is as follows:
| Programme | Speakers |
| Keynote Address: Insights on Climate Change and Cities | Professor Johnny Chan City University of Hong Kong |
| Panel 1 – Knowledge Gaps and Means of Advancing Science in the Asia Pacific | |
| Associate Professor Kai Wang China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
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| Mr. Muhammad Firdaus Ammar bin Abdullah, Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMsia) | |
| Dr Hiroaki Shibuya Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) |
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| Panel 2 – Means of Engaging with the IPCC | |
| Professor Winston Chow Co-Chair, IPCC WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability |
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| Professor Joy Jacqueline Pereira Co-Chair, IPCC WG III on Climate Change Mitigation |
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Registration details:
- Date and time: 6 September 2024, Friday, 15:00 to 17:00 MYT or 16:00 to 18:00 JST.
- Register in advance via this link. Admission is free.
- For inquiries, please contact Ms. Siti Khadijah through [email protected].
