Climate Change – science, policy and solutions on a global scale with the IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

This seminar was recorded on 3 April 2019 is an opportunity to hear from those at the cutting edge of global climate science, to learn about their assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, options for adaptation and mitigation, and the direct implications for policy.

Our speakers, Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair; Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair; and Jim Skea, IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair were taking time out from a high-level meeting in Edinburgh of the IPCC Working Group III on climate change mitigation.

This seminar was hosted by Gillian Martin MSP, Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee.