The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a call for authors for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and a call for experts for the IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments (TG-Data). The IPCC Focal Point for Italy invites expressions of interest from Italian-affiliated experts by 10 April 2025.

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*Note for Italian speakers: Poiché tutti i lavori riguardanti i Report dell’IPCC si svolgono in lingua inglese, così come tutti i materiali da fornire per proporre la propria candidatura sono richiesti in lingua inglese, tutte le comunicazioni ufficiali dell’IPCC Focal Point per l’Italia relative alla manifestazione di interesse saranno in lingua inglese.

Nominations submitted to the IPCC Focal Point for Italy must be received by Thursday, 10 April 2025 (midnight CEST) in order to be submitted in time to the IPCC. Please note that due to our schedule it will not be possible for us to accept late responses.

The IPCC has issued a call for nominations of experts for consideration as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, or Review Editors for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), and for nominations of experts to serve in the IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments (TG-Data), to serve as Co-Chairs or as members of the Task Group.

A webinar to explain the nomination process will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2025 (see below).

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” is available here and in the IPCC Principles Governing IPCC Work, Appendix A here. The webinar will include an overview of the process and roles and will be an opportunity to ask questions.

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Nomination of Authors for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

At its 60th Session in Istanbul, Türkiye, in January 2024, the Panel decided to produce a comprehensive climate assessment for the 7th assessment cycle through reports of the three Working Groups:

• Working Group I focuses on the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change.
• Working Group II examines the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects of vulnerability to climate change, the negative and positive consequences of  climate change, and options for adapting to it.
• Working Group III assesses the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social  aspects of the mitigation of climate change.

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Nomination of Experts for the IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments (TG-Data)

The TG-Data work mainly requires, but is not restricted to, data specialists, with expertise in  areas such as data provenance, scientific workflows, climate data handling systems, FAIR  (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) Data principles, and development and/or analysis of climate and observational datasets.

TG-Data provides guidance to the IPCC’s Data Distribution Centre on curation, traceability, stability, availability and transparency of data and scenarios related to the reports of the IPCC. For more information, including the Terms of Reference, and past activities please visit the TG-Data website.

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How to apply

The IPCC Focal Point for Italy invites expressions of interest from Italian-affiliated experts and will submit nominations meeting the expertise criteria and minimum application standards to the IPCC official platform.

Before applying please ensure that your affiliated institution supports your participation and, in case you are selected, they will cover the costs of travel to the four Lead Author Meetings, or annual meetings of TG-Data.

To be considered for participation, please follow these steps: 

• Download the .xlsx forms at the following links:

• • Form for WGI nomination 
  • Form for WGII nomination
  • Form for WGIII nomination 
  • Form for TG-Data nomination 

• Fill out the Excel nomination form (Please make sure to select max. 3 volumes’ chapters listed in the report outline);
• Send an email message to: fp@cmcc.it including:
  • Excel nomination form filled in all the required fields. (Kindly rename the file as follows: Last name_form.xlsx);
  • An updated CV ( 4 pages – max file size is 2MB – .pdf format). (Kindly rename the file as follows: Last name_CV.pdf);
• Send the nomination form and CV to fp@cmcc.it in .xlsx and .pdf format respectively, by Thursday, 10 April 2025 (midnight CEST).

Nominations that do not follow these instructions will not be considered in the selection process. Please note the importance of adhering to the file requirements otherwise the submission will not be eligible for submission to the IPCC.

Selection process

The selection of participants is undertaken by the IPCC Bureau, giving due 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

“Open Hour” webinar

The IPCC Focal Point for Italy will host an “Open Hour” webinar on Thursday, April 3 at 12:00 p.m. CEST, to introduce the call and clarify all aspects of the nomination process. The webinar will be hosted by Anna Pirani, CMCC and Focal Point alternate for Italy, who also served as executive editor of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C and the IPCC AR6 in Working Group I, and was an author of the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report. Please register at this link.