<p>During the next five years, the IPCC will publish several major reports of relevance to livestock greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p>The table specifies the IPCC reports and the cut-off date for publications to be considered by the IPCC in preparing its reports.</p>
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<td style="width: 15%;"><strong>Due</strong></td>
<td><strong>Title / scope</strong></td>
<td style="width: 33%;"><strong> Indicative cut-off date for publications to be considered in producing the IPCC report</strong></td>
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<td>Sept 2018</td>
<td>Global Warming of 1.5&deg;C: an IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5&deg;C above preindustrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty</td>
<td>&bull; Submitted to scientific journal or available as draft technical<br />report &ndash; by 1 November 2017<br />&bull; Accepted by scientific journal or published as technical report &ndash;<br />by 15 May 2018</td>
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<td>May 2019</td>
<td>Methodology Report to refine the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories</td>
<td>&bull; Submitted to scientific journal or available as draft technical<br />report &ndash; by March 2018<br />&bull; Accepted by scientific journal or published as technical report &ndash;<br />by June 2018</td>
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<td>Sept 2019</td>
<td>Climate Change and Land: an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation,<br />sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems</td>
<td>&bull; Submitted to scientific journal or available as draft technical<br />report &ndash; by September 2018<br />&bull; Accepted by scientific journal or published as technical report &ndash; by February 2019</td>
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<p><br />&nbsp;The full IPCC 6th Assessment Report, covers:</p>
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<li>Physical science basis of climate change (Working Group I) --&nbsp;April 2021&nbsp;</li>
<li>Mitigation of climate change (Working Group III) --&nbsp;July 2021
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<li>Submitted to scientific journal or available as draft technical report by April 2020</li>
<li>Accepted by scientific journal or published as technical report by October 2020</li>
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<li>Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change (Working Group II) --&nbsp;October 2021</li>
<li>Synthesis across the three Working Groups and Special Reports -- April 2022</li>
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<p><strong>More information&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.shtml">http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.shtml</a></p>