Appointed by the IPCC as a member of the Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), Italian expert Giacomo Grassi is set to participate in a series of high-level and side events during COP28. Throughout these engagements, he will share his knowledge on emission inventories to support the Global Stocktake (GST) and provide valuable insights on the pathway to climate neutrality.

Discover the full list of events:

8 December, 13.00-14.30 (CET), 16.00-17.30 (Dubai time), EU Pavilion (online)
Mitigation ambitions: data quality in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) to enhance transparency in support to the Global Stocktake (GST)
Speakers:
– Elisabetta Vignati, European Commission’s JRC
– Monica Crippa, Unisystems S.A.
– Richard Engelen, European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
– Joachim Maes, DG for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
– Vicky Pollard, DG for Climate Action, European Commission
– Giacomo Grassi, European Commission’s JRC, IPCC Task force on GHG inventories
– Anna Agusti-Panareda, European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts

8 December, 14.30-16.00 (CET), 17.30-19.00 (Dubai time) , Italian Pavilion
Bridging gaps between global models and GHG inventories
More information on the MASE website.
Speakers:
– Pierre Friedlingstein, University of Exeter and lead of Global Carbon Budget.
– Julia Pongratz, Univ. Munich, Germany
– Giacomo Grassi, European Commission’s JRC, IPCC Task force on GHG inventories
– Ruta Bubnienne, UNFCCC
– Marina Vitullo, ISPRA, Italy
– Sandro Federici, Head of Technical support Unit IPCC TFI
– Anna Pirani, IPCC Focal Point alternate for Italy and CMCC, Italy

9 December, 13.30-15.00 (CET), 16.30-18.00 (Dubai time), German pavillon
Nature-based Solutions meet Circular Economy: Cascading use of biomass (High-level event)
Speakers:
– Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Germany
– Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany
– Kate Calvin, co-chair WGIII IPCC
– Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair IRP (International Resource Panel)
– Giacomo Grassi, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Bureau of IPCC Task force on GHG inventories
– Akanksha Khatri, Head of Nature Action Agenda for World Economic Forum

11 December, 15.30-17.00 (CET), 18.30-20.00 (Dubai time), EU pavillon
Pathways to climate neutrality: science for evidence-based policy making (High-level event)
Speakers :
– Alessandra Zampieri,  JRC, European Commission, Director Sustainable Resources
– Pierre Friedlingstein, University of Exeter and lead of Global Carbon Budget.
– Paul Dowling, EC-JRC (online)
– Ferenc Pekar, EC-JRC (online)
– Giacomo Grassi, EC-JRC, IPCC Task force on GHG inventories
– Kurt Vandenberghe, DG CLIMA, Director General
– Stephen Quest, DG JRC, Director General (online)
– Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
– Jim Skea, IPCC chair