IPCC WGIII joins Norwegian workshop on Human Settlements
04 November 2011 - The Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency has organized a workshop on the Role of Human Settlements, Infrastructures, and Spatial Planning for Climate Change Mitigation in Oslo. Upon invitation by the Norwegian government an author team of the IPCC’s fifth Assessment Report (AR5) was able to attend the meeting to discuss a novel chapter of the upcoming assessment.
Participants of the Oslo workshop
“The Working Group III contribution to the AR5 will have a dedicated chapter on Human Settlements, Infrastructures, and Spatial Planning for the first time,” says Jan Minx, Head of the Technical Support Unit of the IPCC Working Group III. “We’re very grateful that, with this workshop, the Norwegian government has provided the authors and us with the opportunity to prepare for this new challenge.”
For two days, starting on Friday the 28th October, the author team met at the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (KLIF) facilities, Norway’s Focal Point to the IPCC, to discuss the chapter outline and to work on the individual sections. The workshop participants also identified current gaps in knowledge and data and planned for the further writing process.
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