The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be meeting in Hangzhou, China, from February 24 to 28, 2025, to agree on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage.
During the IPCC’s 62nd Plenary Session hosted by the People’s Republic of China, the Panel will consider the draft outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report and the draft outline of the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, and the respective timelines and budgets for these reports.
In addition, government delegates of the 195-member country Panel will be updated on the broad draft outline of the AR7 Synthesis Report. The agenda of the week-long Plenary also includes the IPCC workplan and budget, among other business.
The ceremonial opening of the meeting will take place on Monday, February 24, at 10.00 am local time at InterContinental Hangzhou, where delegates will be addressed by IPCC Chair, Jim Skea; Liu Zhenmin, China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change; Chen Zhenlin, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration; a representative from China’s Zhejiang Province; Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation, Ko Barrett; the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Inger Andersen; and Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell.