Transformational Climate Science: The challenge of mitigation – the outcomes of the Working Group III (public event)

Abstract

The world’s top climate change experts met in Exeter on 15 and 16 May to present and critically reflect on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).The Transformational Climate Science conference saw world-leading researchers using the IPCC report’s findings to explore the next steps for climate science research. The report assesses scientific, technical, and socio-economic factors concerning climate change, its potential effects and the options for adaptation and mitigation. Conference participants included leading UK and international contributors to the IPCC report, who gave policy and scientific perspectives on the cutting edge of science, social science, and science-policy interface.