Proposals for IPCC reform

A group of 30 scientists have presented ideas for institutional changes at the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In a commentary published in the journal Nature Climate Change, they argue that reforms to the IPCC are necessary to ensure that the body remains relevant in a changing, political world. Its current focus and orientation are no longer in line with the times. In the future, the IPCC should focus less on the effects and causes of climate change and more on approaches to emissions reduction and solutions, explains author Adam Standring in the British Guardian.