Background: The seventh assessment cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR7) includes a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. The outline of the Special Report agreed by the Panel at its Sixty-first Session in Sofia, Bulgaria and the call for Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors is available at https://www.ipcc.ch/2024/08/08/authorcallsrcities/. The Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) based in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM) and the Singapore Management University are organising an online session to discuss means of advancing science in the Asia Pacific and engaging with the IPCC. Convened by the IPCC Co-Chairs of WG III on Climate Change Mitigation and WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the tentative programme is as follows:

Keynote Address: Insights on Climate Change and Cities

Professor Johnny Chan, City University of Hong Kong

Panel 1 – Knowledge Gaps and Means of Advancing Science in the Asia Pacific

Assoc. Professor Kai Wang, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Mr. Muhammad Firdaus Ammar bin Abdullah, Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMsia)

Dr. Hiroaki Shibuya, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Panel 2 – Means of Engaging with the IPCC

Professor Winston Chow, Co-Chair, IPCC WG II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Professor Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Co-Chair, IPCC WG III on Climate Change Mitigation

Time: 6 September 2024 (Friday) |15:00-17:00

Admission is free. Register in advance at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMokbL8tITxTIl3Nrysr4C0L4Ia_A0M1q9pOMYJb8DMV2fGA/viewform

For enquiries, please contact:

Ms. Siti Khadijah < khadijahsatari@ukm.edu.my >