GENEVA, Nov 6 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will have a strong presence and will actively contribute to the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place from 9 to 20 November 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye. IPCC Chair Jim Skea will address the opening Plenary of COP31 on 9 November, while IPCC Secretary Annett Möhner will update the opening Plenary of the 65th session of the Subsidiary Bodies on the progress of IPCC work on the same day. The IPCC Chair will also deliver keynote remarks at the COP31 Presidency event on Science, Solutions, and Keeping 1.5°C within reach on 13 November, and will address the COP31 Presidency event launching the second Global Stocktake on 18 November. During the two weeks of COP31, IPCC Bureau Members and experts will engage and take part in more than fifty events, including mandated events organised by the UNFCCC as well as those hosted by thematic and country pavilions. They will provide a comprehensive overview of the outcomes of the expert meetings and workshops held during this assessment cycle, along with updates about the progress of the first three IPCC reports scheduled for release in 2027 (these include the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, the Methodology Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers and the Methodology Report Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage). The official IPCC side event entitled ‘IPCC: Advancing Knowledge of Climate Science Assessments through Expert Meetings and Workshops’ will take place on 12 November at 13:15 in Side Event Yellow Room 4. Discussions will highlight key insights from the FAO–IPCC Co-Sponsored Expert Meeting on Agriculture and Food, the IPCC Expert Meeting on Methodologies, Metrics & Indicators for Assessing Impacts & Adaptation and the IPCC–Wellcome Trust Co-sponsored Expert Meeting on Climate Change & Health. Beyond these, IPCC experts will contribute to numerous side events and events in various pavilions including those hosted by the COP31 Presidency, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the COP31 Academic Envoy. More detailed information on planned engagements of IPCC experts during COP31 is available here. To request an interview with the IPCC Chair, Vice-Chairs, Co-Chairs, or other IPCC experts present at COP31, please email [email protected]. For more information, contact: IPCC Press Office, Email: [email protected]; Andrej Mahecic, +41 22 730 8516; Werani Zabula, +41 22 730 8120; Notes for Editors What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by the WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. Participation in the IPCC is open to all member countries of WMO and the United Nations (UN). Thousands of experts from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks. The IPCC has three working groups: Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change. It also has a Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops methodologies for measuring emissions and removals. IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency. About the Seventh Assessment Cycle Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023 with the elections of the new IPCC and Task Force Bureaus at the IPCC’s Plenary Session in Nairobi. At its first Plenary Session in the seventh assessment cycle – the 60th Plenary Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024 – the Panel agreed to produce in this cycle the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), namely the Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis, the Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and the Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change. The Synthesis Report of the Seventh Assessment Report will be produced after the completion of the Working Group reports and released by late 2029. During its 62nd Plenary Session held in Hangzhou, China, in February 2025, the Panel agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). At the Panel’s Plenary Session in Lima, Peru, in October 2025, member governments agreed on the scientific content of the 2027 Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage. There, the Panel also agreed on the 2026 workplan for the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report. The Panel decided already during the previous cycle to produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers during AR7. At the IPCC’s 61st Plenary Session held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 July to 2 August 2024, the Panel agreed upon the outlines for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities scheduled for approval and publication in March 2027 and for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers scheduled for publication in the second half of 2027. In addition, a revision of the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines on impacts and adaptation as well as adaptation indicators, metrics and guidelines, will be developed in conjunction with the Working Group II report and published as a separate product. For more information, visit www.ipcc.ch.