Dome Plenary - Friday 27 October

Conference Closing - (08:30-13:00) 

Chair/Moderator: Conference Chairs

08:30-13:00
Chair/Moderator: Conference Chairs

08:30-09:00

Summary of outcomes and key messages

09:00-10:30

Looking forward – climate science priorities, needs and challenges

• Jim Skea (IPCC Chair) - Remotely: Challenges for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Cycle
• Guy Brasseur (Former WCRP Chair): Future of Climate Science
• (TBD): Vision from the Early to Mid-Career Researchers's Symposium

Panel discussion: What next, where from here?
Moderator: Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (IPCC Vice Chair)

• Robert Vautard (IPCC co-chair Working Group 1) - Remotely
• Bart van den Hurk (IPCC co-chair Working Group 2) - Remotely
• Kristie Ebi (Future Earth)
• Amanda Maycock (WCRP/SPARC co-chair)

11:00-12:00 - Adoption of Conference Statement (Kigali declaration)

12:00-13:00 - Conference Closing

• Closing messages from hosts, co-sponsors and others
  • WCRP Co-sponsors
    • Abdulla Al Mandous (President of WMO) - Remotely
    • Peter Gluckman (President of the International Science Council) – Remotely
    • Yutaka Michida (Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) – Remotely
  • Rwanda Hosts

• Closing from Conference Co-Chairs
  • Presentation of Awards
  • Thanks
  • Farewell and Conference formally closes

 For the .pdf of the full program (as of 20 October 2023), click here