Joint SBSTA-IPCC special event: Special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
Opening and Welcome
15:00
- Opening remarks and objective of the event by the SBSTA Chair
- Statement by the Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Minister of Chile
- Remarks by the UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
- Remarks by the IPCC Chair
Paul Watkinson (SBSTA Chair)
Andrés Couve (Chile)
Ovais Sarmad (UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary)
Hoesung Lee (IPCC chair)
Unpacking the new scientific knowledge and key findings
15:15
- Observed changes and impacts
- Presentation (15–20 mins)
- Q&A followed by an open discussion (30 mins)
Presentations by Valérie Masson-Delmotte and Panmao Zhai (IPCC WG I Co-Chairs)
16:05
- Projected changes and risks
- Presentation (15–20 mins)
- Q&A followed by an open discussion (30 mins)
Presentations by Hans-Otto Pörtner (IPCC WG II Co-Chair)
16:55
- Implementing responses to ocean and cryosphere change
- Presentation (15–20 mins)
- Q&A followed by an open discussion (30 mins)
Presentation by Debra Roberts (IPCC WG II Co-Chair)
Closing
17:45 - 18:00
- Closing remarks by the Chairs of the SBSTA and the IPCC
Paul Watkinson and Hoesung Lee
Further information and presentations available from the event webpage