Call for Registration: Climate Change and Cities: Advancing Science and Engaging with the IPCC

Time: 

15:00-17:00

Background: 

The seventh assessment cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR7) includes a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. The outline of the Special Report agreed by the Panel at its Sixty-first Session in Sofia, Bulgaria and the call for Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors is available. The Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) based in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM) and the Singapore Management University are organising an online session to discuss means of advancing science in the Asia Pacific and engaging with the IPCC. Convened by the IPCC Co-Chairs of WG III on Climate Change Mitigation and WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the tentative programme is as follows:

Keynote address: Insights on climate change and cities

Professor Johnny Chan, City University of Hong Kong

Panel 1 - Knowledge gaps and means of advancing science in the Asia Pacific

Assoc. Professor Kai Wang, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Mr. Muhammad Firdaus Ammar bin Abdullah, Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMsia)

Dr. Hiroaki Shibuya, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Panel 2 - Means of engaging with the IPCC

Professor Winston Chow, Co-Chair, IPCC WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Professor Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Co-Chair, IPCC WG III on Climate Change Mitigation

Admission is free. 

For enquiries, please contact: Ms. Siti Khadijah < [email protected] >