The IPCC is an organization with almost 30 years of unparalleled success in the production of “internationally co-ordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and socio-economic impact of climate change and realistic response strategies”1. With five comprehensive assessment reports and many special reports to its credit, which provide the global community with the most up-to-date understanding of human-induced climate change, it can be said the IPCC's work is recognized as the most authoritative source of knowledge on the subject. The credibility of the IPCC's work has undoubtedly contributed to the substantial increase of awareness of climate change globally on the part of all stakeholders, as well as to a deep reliance of the climate negotiations on the findings of the IPCC. Since the policy-relevance of the IPCC's assessments is the hallmark of its work, it is crucial for the IPCC to remain in sync with the shifting global technological, economic and social landscapes on which its work is based. For this, consideration of new knowledge is at the heart of the IPCC reports and will be of primary importance in the design of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) outline. At the start of the AR6 cycle, it is useful to reflect on the content of the possible future assessment in order to inform the scientific community and stimulate high quality of research needed on the physical, ecological, health, technical and socio-economic information to be assessed by the IPCC.                                                                                  Extract from. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/11/AR6-Chair-Vision-Paper.pdf           

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