Summary
Highlights for Monday, 23 September 2019
Lead Authors (LAs) discussing proposed changes to the text
On Monday, the second Joint Session of IPCC Working Groups (WGs) I and II continued consideration of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the Special Report on Oceans and Climate Change (SROCC). Delegates met in morning, afternoon, evening and night sessions to discuss the SPM text and figures line-by-line. Informal huddles and convened throughout the day and night to discuss more difficult issues.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from IPCC-51.
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WG I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte
Rob Deconto, LA
Éric Brun, France
WG I Vice-Chair Jan Fuglestvedt
Markku Rummukainen, Sweden
WG I and II Co-Chairs and Technical Support Unit (TSU) members conferring with LAs
Elizabeth Bush, Canada
Hesham Alzahrani, Saudi Arabia
View of the dais during the morning plenary
WG I Vice-Chair Noureddine Yassaa
Christiane Textor, Germany
Michael Sutherland, LA
View of the dais during the evening session
Ken Xie, Australia
James Gitundu Kairo, Coordinating Lead Author (CLA)
The Canadian delegation
Alexandre Magnan, LA
Bruce Glavovic, CLA
WG I and II Co-Chairs and Technical Support Unit (TSU) members conferring with LAs
Nathalie Hilmi and Valeria Ana Guinder, LAs
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium, with Michael Oppenheimer, CLA
So-Min Cheong and Anjal Prakash, LAs
Participants discussing the text in an informal group
The delegation of Monaco
From L-R: Melinda Tignor, Head of WG II TSU; Roderik Van De Wal, LA; and Rob Deconto, LA
José Romero, Switzerland, with Florin Vladu, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat
The Belgian delegation
