James Ferguson ‘Jim’ Skea of the United Kingdom was elected as the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in Nairobi, Kenya. Skea beat his nearest rival, Thelma Krug of Brazil, in a run-off. He won 90 votes while Krug won 69. Krug, an IPCC vice-chair and former researcher at Brazil’s national space institute, narrowly missed a chance to be the first female chair of the IPCC.
The election took place at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, where the IPCC is holding its 59th Session. Elections for other positions in the IPCC Bureau, including the Co-Chairs of the IPCC Working Groups, will take place from July 26-28. Skea is Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College in London. He has nearly 40 years of climate science experience and expertise. Skea will lead the IPCC through its seventh assessment cycle.
The election of the new IPCC Bureau, which will have 34 members, including the Chair, opens the way for work to start on the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, expected to be completed in the coming five to seven years. The Panel will also elect the 12 members of the Task Force Bureau on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
The IPCC’s work has been instrumental in raising global awareness about climate change and the urgent need for collective action to combat its adverse effects. The organization’s efforts have played a pivotal role in shaping international climate agreements and frameworks, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.
Through its scientific assessments, the IPCC continues to be a key contributor in the ongoing global efforts to tackle climate change and its far-reaching impacts on the environment, society, and the economy.
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