At its 61st meeting, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the framework („scoping“) for important parts of its next Assessment Report (AR7): At a week-long meeting in Sofia at the end of last week, the 230 delegates from 114 countries laid down the details for the special report on „Cities in a changing climate“ and the „Methodological report on short-lived drivers of climate change“. However, the delegates have not yet been able to agree on a date for the publication of AR7 in 2028 – in other words, whether it will be published in time to provide the 2nd Global Stocktake at COP32 with information. This should happen at the next meetings.