An Inside Take a look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report
Read the full story– including essential findings and why Ruiz is positive about solving environment modification– on the website of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society..
This report sums up the findings of more than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies about the physical science basis for climate change. The proof is indisputable that people have warmed the world, causing quick and widespread modifications, the authors write, warning that the present state of the climate system is unprecedented going back thousands of years.
Daniel Ruiz Carrascal is a previous Adjunct Research Scientist at the IRI, and a current Associate Research Scientist at E3B.
He likewise contributed to Chapter 11– about extreme weather condition events– and helped compose IPCCs factsheets on Central and South America and mountain ecosystems. Ruizs research focuses on developing environment adaptation methods for the fragile communities across the Tropics.
We asked Ruiz to share his experiences working on this internationally influential report, in addition to his thoughts about how he hopes it will impact research study and action in the future.
The final AR6 report for Working Group I is huge! For how long have you and others been dealing with this? What has that process resembled?
The full Working Group I report, that includes a summary for policy makers, a technical summary and thirteen chapters (including the atlas), is 3,085 pages long! Simply the chapter I worked on, Chapter 12, is 227 pages long. It took us more than three years to write it. By “us” I mean 3 collaborating lead authors, twelve lead authors, eighty-five contributing authors, three evaluation editors, and 2 early-career researchers. We got involved in one in-person expert meeting, 3 in-person lead author meetings, two virtual (online) author conferences, and numerous online internal coordination meetings.
Our numerous drafts of the chapter address more than 78,000 evaluation comments. It was an advantage to join efforts with all the researchers involved. It was challenging to keep the report moving forward under the remarkable scenarios of the last 18 months under COVID-19. In a current tweet, I mentioned that in our chapter we acted like a household: there was a great deal of regard, gratitude, approval, generosity, sacrifices, assistance, and pleasure. And we argued too. Thats how I feel the procedure was. It feels great to look back and see what all of us managed to do.
This report sums up the findings of more than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies about the physical science basis for environment change. The final AR6 report for Working Group I is massive! The full Working Group I report, which includes a summary for policy makers, a technical summary and thirteen chapters (including the atlas), is 3,085 pages long! By “us” I imply three coordinating lead authors, twelve lead authors, eighty-five contributing authors, three evaluation editors, and 2 early-career scientists. It was challenging to keep the report moving forward under the exceptional scenarios of the last 18 months under COVID-19.
It was a benefit to work with all the scientists involved in Ch12 of the #IPCC AR6 WG1. Like in any family, there was a lot of regard, gratitude, approval, kindness, sacrifices, support, delight.
— Daniel RuizCarrascal (@RuizCarrascalD) August 11, 2021
