Submitted by Diane L. Lister on Tue, 09/12/2025 - 11:35
Prof. Laura Diaz Anadon, Dr Edoardo Borgomeo, Dr Kennedy Mbeva join historic IPCC Authors meeting in Paris
Three Cambridge researchers have joined more than six hundred experts from around the world in Paris in the first week of December to commence work on the first draft of a key report from the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Dr Edoardo Borgomeo and Dr Kennedy Mbeva are key members of the Working Groups gathered to start the first draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).
This is the first time in IPCC history that the three Working Groups are holding a joint Lead Author Meeting.
Professor Diaz Anadon is a Lead Author in Working Group III on Climate Change Mitigation and will be working on Chapter 5, which deals with Enablers and Barriers.
The chaired Professor of Climate Change Policy in the Department of Land Economy, Professor Diaz Anadon is also Director of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG).
Chapter 5 in the 7th Assessment Report covers a wide range of topics, such as: technological, institutional, economic, and human capacity; technology, including access, cost, infrastructure, and innovation; finance; investment; policies and governance; distribution of cost, benefits and impacts of mitigation; public perception; labour, trade and supply chains; and political economy of mitigation, including interest groups, trade and international relations.
Professor Diaz Anadon will be contributing to many aspects in Chapter 5, which includes:
(a) the role of technology innovation and infrastructure as enablers of climate mitigation across different technologies, sectors, and development contexts;
(b) the relationship between finance, policies, governance, and social dimensions on climate action; and
(c) the political economy of mitigation, trade and supply chains
"My hope is that this IPCC Working Group III report will be even more policy relevant, inclusive and systemic and that it will be even more helpful in providing evidence for effective mitigation in different contexts," she said.
The original article was posted by Paul Casciato on 4.12.25, and can be read in its entirety here.