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Professor Jim Skea, Co-Chair of Working Group 3 for the next IPCC Assessment Report


The Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in December 2015 and on Earth Day, 22 April, the leading countries will  formally sign up to it.   What role can science play in allowing us to meet the obligations of this agreement, particularly the new aspiration to limit temperature increase to below 1.5 °C? The Paris agreement reflected the insights and major conclusions of the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change&#39;s (IPCC) fifth Assessment Report and the sixth is being planned. What role will  &quot;solution science&quot; have in the future to help us adapt to a warming climate,  reduce emissions to limit warming and allow us to continue to develop our economies and lifestyles but in a sustainable way?


Jim Skea is in New Zealand to launch the findings of the Royal Society of New Zealand expert panel on Climate change mitigation options for New Zealand. He is also giving two public talks in Wellington and Auckland.


With grateful thanks to British High Commission, Climate Change Research Institute, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), Massey University, Ministry for the Environment, Morgan Foundation, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre and Pure Advantage whose financial support has enabled Professor Jim Skea to travel to New Zealand.


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