Four applicants for IPCC chair

Shortly after the publication of the Synthesis Report on the 6th Assessment Report (AR6), important internal decisions are to be made at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Candidates are lining up for the position of IPCC Chair, which will be filled by election at the end of July for the next IPCC term. According to Table.Media information, four candidates are so far in the running to succeed the current IPCC head Hoesung Lee from Korea, each of whom has been nominated by their governments at the UN: