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Matthias Garschagen appointed Coordinating Lead Author in the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

20 Jan 2025

Prof. Matthias Garschagen has been appointed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) within the Upcoming Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.

Prof. Matthias Garschagen has been appointed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) within the Upcoming Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. He will play a leading role in shaping one of the report’s core chapters as well as the summary for policymakers (SPM).

Prof. Garschagen will co-lead chapter 3 which assesses actions and solutions to reduce urban risks (e.g. regarding floods, storms and heat in cities) and emissions (e.g. through energy transitions). Due to strong urbanization globally, climate change adaptation as well as mitigation in and of cities is crucial for achieving climate resilient development and combating the climate crises overall.

Commissioned by 195 IPCC member states, the report will assess the available science regarding urban risks and the available options for adaptation as well as mitigation. In doing so, it will provide policy-relevant information helping to advance action from global to local scales.

The report will be released in March 2027.

Further information can be accessed at the report’s website.