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Regional learning opportunities
1. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
Regional learning opportunities
D´aith´ı Stone (dastone@runbox.com)
Global Climate Adaptation Partnership, U.K and Latvia
Formerly:
University of Oxford, U.K.
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.A
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3. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
Starting point: my involvement with IPCC
Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group I
“Contributing Author” 3 chapters, the Technical Summary, and the Summary
for Policymakers
Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group II
“Lead Author” on 1 chapter, 1 cross-chapter box
“Contributing Author” on 3 chapters, the Technical Summary, and the
Summary for Policymakers
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4. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
Why it is rewarding
Courtesy A. Solow Courtesy IPCC WGII TSU
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5. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
But it does require work!
• Enormous amount of reading
• Extensive review process
• Understaffed lead author teams
• Massive coordination exercise
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6. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
How to contribute/get credited?
Niangetalii2014(IPCCAR5WGII)
Some of the most important work in an
IPCC assessment is rather mundane,
including updating plots/tables/analyses
from the previous report.
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7. IPCC Outreach Riga: Regional learning opportunities
What are the gaps?
Niang et alii 2014 (IPCC AR5 WGII)
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The irony of participation
• Hard to get funding
• One of the most important things you might do
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