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The IPCC Bureau will produce the full assessment report,  synthesis reports, methodology reports, and a special report as part of its seventh assessment cycle (AR7) 

IPCC Elected an IPCC Bureau to Initiated Its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

• The IPCC elected an IPCC bureau to initiated its seventh assessment cycle (AR7)
• The bureau members met for the first time in Turkey to discuss budgeting issues, timelines for the various reports, and the work programme.
• Methodology reports: It will be on the topics of short-lived climate forcers (like methane) and carbon removal and will be published in 2027.
• The bureau also decided to revise the technical guidelines on impacts and adaptation
• Timeline of the AR7: The decision regarding the timeline is pending and will be taken at the 61st session of IPCC.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 

• It is a United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
• Formation: IPCC was created by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988
• Member states: It has 195 Member countries currently including India
• Objective: It was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as putting forward practical adaptation and mitigation options.
• Governing Structure: The IPCC functions with a Secretariat and Plenary at the top.
  • IPCC bureau: It  produces the full assessment report,  synthesis reports, the methodology reports, and a special report.
  • Working Group I: It deals with The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change

• • Working Group II: It deals with Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and VulnerabilityWorking Group III: It deals with Mitigation of Climate Change. Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: It was created to develop a methodology for the calculation and reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions and removals. 

• IPC Assessment Reports:

• • About: It contains the present status  of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, how it will impact the future with associated risks, and  indicates the future course of action.
  • The Synthesis report: It  is prepared containing contributions from each Working Group and  any Special Reports prepared in that assessment cycle. The IPCC also produces Methodology Reports that provide practical guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories.
  • Reports:  IPCC has produced six assessment reports, three special reports, and methodology reports till date.

Global Stocktake

• It is  a mechanism to measure collective progress, identify gaps, and chart a better course of climate action.
• It is conducted every 5 years to  assess the world’s progress towards the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise by 1.50C of the  UNFCCC.
•  First GST: It  started in 2022 and ended at the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC, Dubai in 2023 with the  second GST  due in 2028.
  •  Member  countries have requested the IPCC to publish its AR7 assessment reports before 2028 so as to measure the progress against the state of the planet.

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