IPCC presents its work in Sudan

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change, will present its findings at an outreach event in Sudan on 12 and 13 August 2018.
It will also present its work programme for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) cycle at the event, which is organized by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MENR) and the Institute of Environmental Studies-University of Khartoum (IES-UofK).
IPCC Bureau members and authors will participate in workshops attended by policymakers, practitioners, scientists, representatives from civil society and media representatives from Sudan.
Scientists will present the latest IPCC report, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), completed in 2014, which was a crucial input to the Paris Climate Change Agreement reached in December 2015.
“Sudan like other countries in the region faces multiple challenges related to climate change, including heat waves and high temperatures, dryness and increased water shortages,” said Fatima Driouech, Vice-Chair of Working Group I of the IPCC. “However, the last IPCC report found the world has the means to limit global warming and build a more prosperous and sustainable future,” she added.
The IPCC is currently preparing the reports of the Sixth Assessment cycle with the launch of the first of them – the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) – in October 2018.
“We would like to raise awareness about the IPCC and foster participation in our work,” said Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC. “During this cycle we aim to cover regional aspects in a more comprehensive manner and I hope that this event will encourage scientists from Sudan to tackle local questions providing us with literature that can feed into the our next assessment,” he added.
As part of the outreach event there will be an opening session with the participation of H.E. Hassan Abdelgader Hilal, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical Development of Sudan; H.E. Sumaia Abukashawa, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Sudan; Mohamed Salih Dafalla, Dean of the Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum; Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair and Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC Secretary. The opening session will take place in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Sudan on 12 August at 9.00 a.m. and will be open to media.