The American Geophysical Union and the U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC today open calls for U.S. researchers to self-nominate as experts, authors and review editors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Report through a new application portal. The IPCC nomination period opened in early March and will close in mid-April.
USAA-IPCC is a newly established network of U.S. academic institutions registered as observers with the IPCC. Both observer organizations and governments may nominate experts for roles in IPCC reports. The IPCC Bureau reviews nominations and makes final selections.
“Science is an enterprise powered by people,” said AGU President Brandon Jones. “AGU is honored to be part of a community dedicated to giving a voice and platform to those who have devoted their work toward building understanding and creating solutions for our planet.”
AGU, the world’s largest association of Earth and space scientists, hosts the alliance. The founding members are Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Dickinson College, Indiana University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Washington University in St. Louis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Yale University, and University of California, San Diego.
USAA-IPCC aims to increase awareness of authorship calls and facilitate nomination opportunities for experts in climate research and practice working in the United States. Since 1990, IPCC reports have assessed the latest developments in climate science, integrating physical science, impacts and adaptation, and mitigation. The effort forms the basis for global climate action and involves hundreds of volunteer scientists from around the world.
The IPCC issued a call for nominations for coordinating lead authors, lead authors and review editors for working groups I, II, and III of the Seventh Assessment Report and experts for the IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments starting 7 March 2025.
USAA-IPCC encourages experts in climate research and practice who are U.S. citizens or based at U.S. institutions, and are interested in being nominated, to submit applications to USAA-IPCC. Experts may be nominated by multiple organizations, and eligible individuals are also encouraged to submit nomination materials through the U.S. government process. USAA-IPCC will accept submissions through 4 April 2025.
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