After working 30 hours overtime, IPCC Member Countries agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group reports and agreed on a decision that enables the author nomination process for the Seventh Assessment Report to begin. There was still no agreement on the timeline for the reports’ delivery.

Eight years after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the international community assessed progress on its implementation. Taking place at “a defining point in history,” and against the backdrop of many global crises, delegates called for better governance, investments in resilience, and a focus on disaster prevention.