Description
List of duties and tasks:
Acting as Co-chair of Working group II at meetings of IPCC WG II and associated groups, includings the TGCIA
Guidance to WGII technical Support Unit on priorities with agreed work-plan and according to the IPCC's procedures
Attending at IPCC Bureau and Plenary meetings
Liaison with other IPCC working groups and with international research programmes in order to ensure, wherever appropriate, collaboration between them
Liaison, through the chair of IPCC, with the relevant officials of IPCC's parent organizations (WMO and UNEP)
Reviewing and providing strategic guidance on draft text for IPCC reports (in particular WG II report of AR4, and associated Synthesis report) submitted by Lead Authors and contributors
Publicising and representing the work of IPCC to government, to the scientific community, to the technical and popular press and to other relevant bodies.
Advice on preparation of the UK brief for meetings of IPCC, CoP (conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) and other relevant bodies
Guidance to Defra, where required, on issues concerning climate and climate change |