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IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7): details and how to apply

Published 11 March 2025

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About the roles

The United Kingdom has been invited to nominate Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors to produce the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) seventh Assessment Report. The IPCC Focal Point, who is in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, is responsible for nominating experts, which are then selected by the IPCC Bureau.

When selecting participants, the IPCC Bureau will give consideration to the following criteria:

  • scientific, technical and socio-economic expertise, including the range of views
  • geographical representation
  • a mixture of experts with and without previous experience in IPCC
  • gender balance
  • experts with a background from relevant stakeholder and user groups, including urban practitioners and planners, representatives of civil society organizations and local/regional governments

A detailed description of the IPCC writing and review process is contained in the “Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval and Publication of IPCC Reports” which can be viewed on the IPCC website.

The tasks and responsibilities for Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors are specified in Annex 1 to these procedures.

Input from the complete range of experts who span these topics is essential to the success of the Seventh Assessment Report.

The UK is committed to diversity and inclusion in the IPCC process. We encourage and value the nomination of experts from groups, including, but not limited to, women and non-binary people, the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities.

About the IPCC

The IPCC is a scientific body of the United Nations that draws on the expertise of thousands of scientists from around the world to assess the science of climate change. The IPCC provides policy makers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as options for adaptation and mitigation. IPCC reports are relevant to policy, but they are policy neutral and not prescriptive.

IPCC assessments are highly influential. They informed the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), drove the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal to limit global temperature rise to well-below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C, and underpinned the agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact. The 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was also a major influence on the UK’s 2050 net zero target and led to the adoption of net zero targets in over 145 countries around the world.

IPCC Assessment Reports are released on a roughly 5 to 7 year cycle. The Sixth Assessment cycle concluded in 2023 with the publication of the sixth Synthesis Report. The Seventh Assessment cycle began in January 2024 and is expected to run until 2029.

About the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

The Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) will comprise of the following contributions:

  • Working Group I report on the Physical Science Basis
  • Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, including the 202X IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Including Indicators, Metrics and Methodologies: Update to the 1994 IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
  • Working Group III report on Mitigation of Climate Change

The outlines of the Working Group contributions to the AR7 were developed after a comprehensive scoping process involving the scientific community and governments, and were agreed in Plenary at the 62nd Session of the IPCC in February 2025, in China. The outlines can be accessed on the IPCC website: Decision IPCC-LXII-8.

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for nomination, please take the following steps.

  1. complete the nomination form for the appropriate Working Group, and save as your lastname_firstname_[report name, e.g., WGI]. Check that you have completed all mandatory fields, as indicated by a *
  2. provide a CV in pdf format, no longer than 4 pages, saved as lastname_firstname_cv
  3. send your nomination form and CV to ipccauthorsupportuk@energysecurity.gov.uk with the subject line “AR7 [report name, e.g. ‘WGI’] nomination form”

We will be accepting applications until Thursday, 10 April 2025. Please note that due to the schedule set by the IPCC it will not be possible for us to accept late responses.

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