Nearly 600 experts have been nominated to contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s next report, which will look into the implications of a rise in global average temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius. The IPCC will now dig into the nominations, announcing the selected experts by June 30. Roughly 70 experts are expected to be chosen. “The large number and wide range of nominations show the lively interest of countries and experts in the work of the IPCC as the world moves to tackle climate change,” said IPCC Vice Chair Thelma Krug, in a press release.
The IPCC was called upon by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December to develop the report. The request was made in light of a shift in the stated target of the Paris climate change agreement. The goal has been expected to be to limit global temperature rise to 2 degree Celsius, but following a push by small island nations, the final agreement has a stated aim of limiting global temperature rise to “well below” 2 degrees with and aim at hitting a 1.5-degree pathway.
