Registration: Webex Live
Video: Facebook Live
Event details: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/geneva-environment-dialogues-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-climate-science/
We would like to bring to your kind attention an invitation to participate in the next session of the GENeva Environment Dialogues, on Thursday, 2 July, at 9:00 CEST.
The GENeva Environment Dialogues’ series discusses current and pressing topics on the global environmental agenda. The special COVID-19 sessions focus on the impact of the pandemic on the global environment agenda. The dialogues take place on Webex and Facebook Live, at 9:00 am CEST. Summaries, links and documents will be available online following the events.
This session of the GENeva Environment Dialogues, co-organized with the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Group on Earth Observations, will address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on climate science.
#16 | Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Science
The pandemic has affected the activities of scientific institutions and government agencies worldwide, leading to a reduced productivity in some programs and gaps in long-term climate data. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was among the first organization to express concerns about our planet’s observation system. Due to the disruption in scientific work and the cancellation of conferences caused by the pandemic, the extension to the literature cut-off date has been implemented and the Lead Author meetings of reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been postponed. It is now essential to focus on leveraging scientific support and knowledge-sharing for a sustainable recovery.
Lockdown and related measures implemented by countries to limit the spread of COVID-19 have led to a decrease in economic activities and a drop in road transport, temporarily cleaning skies and decreasing levels of certain air pollutants. However, carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere and oceans for centuries. The scientific community reminds us continuously that the world needs to be committed to continued efforts in climate change regardless of any temporary decrease in emissions due to the pandemic. Researchers have also found that air pollution might have intensified the pandemic.
Speakers:
Bruno Pozzi, Director, Europe, UNEP
Oksana Tarasova, Chief, Atmospheric Environment Research Division, WMO
Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Working Group I Co-Chair, IPCC
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Working Group II Co-Chair, IPCC
Jim Skea, Working Group III Co-Chair, IPCC
Sara Venturini, Climate Coordinator, GEO Secretariat
H.E. Amb. Miriam Shearman, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the UK to the UN and other International Organizations
Facilitators: GEN Team
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