STANDING FOR

  • IPCC as the global VOICE of climate

  • Connecting solid science and the world’s policy makers

  • Delivering a more inclusive, dynamic, and relevant IPCC

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An award-winning science communicator

EXPERIENCE & ENERGY

  • IPCC Vice-Chair (2008 — 2015) and active in IPCC since 1995

  • 40 years experience in climate science and diplomacy

  • Full professor of climate and sustainable development (UCLouvain)

  • Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 co-author

  • Lead Author for the Third Assessment Report

  • High profile media commentator and spokesperson

  • Strong track record of advocacy, chairing, and partnerships

Highly experienced global player from the first Rio Summit in '92 through to the latest COP via a wide range of working groups, task forces, and scientific conferences.

READY TO REPRESENT

  • Global North AND South

  • Interdisciplinary science AND policy making

  • People, science AND decisive action

Vision for IPCC

“I want the IPCC to be the dynamic and inclusive “Voice of Climate”, providing all policymakers with the most solid and useful scientific information. I aspire to lead the IPCC in a collaborative and efficient way, serving its members full-time and contributing to the capacity development of the next generation of IPCC authors.”

In Conversation series

“The climate does not participate in the international climate negotiations. The IPCC needs to be the global voice of climate and climate sciences, and work in the most inclusive way ever to help improve the wellbeing of all inhabitants of our common home: the only liveable planet in the solar system.”

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

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