We asked former Lead Author of the Working Group I contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report and current Vice Chair of the same Working Group, Jan Fedglestvedt, what it takes to be an IPCC author. Here is what he had to say.

Happy to welcome some students from Handong Global University who took some time to listen to presentations from the IPCC and WMO this afternoon as part of their Global Business Expedition.

IPCC Working Group I Vice Chair and a Lead Author of the Special Report on extreme events, Carolina Vera speaking about her experience as an IPCC author.

Secretary of the IPCC, Abdalah Mokssit, speaking to students from Fordham University at the WMO building this morning.

Working Group II Vice-Chair Joy Pereira on her experience as an IPCC author. Joy was a Cordinating Lead Author and a Lead Author in the Fifth Assessment Report. More information about on going calls for nomination of authors available on our website www.ipcc.ch

See link below for the statement made by the IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee during the opening of the meeting to scope the Special Report on climate change and oceans and the cryospere which started today in Monaco. The meeting is being held with the generous support of the Gouvernement Monaco & Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco : http://ipcc.ch/pdf/press/161206_SM_HLee_statement.pdf

More pictures from the opening of the IPCC scoping meeting for the special report on #climatechange & oceans & the cryosphere in Monaco -- courtesy of Monaco's official photographer

Monaco is supporting the IPCC scoping meeting on #climatechange & oceans and the cryosphere! Prince Albert II with Hoesung Lee

(thanks Gouvernement Monaco & Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco )

IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee interviewed after the start of the scoping meeting of the special report on #climatechange & oceans & the cryosphere in Monaco, generously hosted by the Gouvernement Monaco and Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco

"The oceans are a key component of the climate system & understanding oceans is essential for understanding #climatechange ," - IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee at the opening of the scoping meeting for the special report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere in Monaco Gouvernement Monaco Fondation Prince-Albert-II-de-Monaco

The IPCC held the scoping meeting for the special report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere on 6-9 December 2016. Pictures from the opening. The Government of Monaco and Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation generously hosted the meeting

Opening ceremony for the scoping meeting for special report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere being held in Monaco.

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Students and academia representatives in Jamaica interacting with IPCC scientists, link to live stream here: http://goo.gl/HIRCqT

Inés Camilloni sharing what is it like to be an IPCC author with students from Jamaica

Join online the students and academia in Jamaica to hear more about the role of the IPCC and its authors here: goo.gl/HIRCqT

IPCC Bureau members met business sector representatives as part of outreach event in Jamaica - 30 November 2016

Follow the discussions at the science-policy interface dialogue at the outreach event in Jamaica here: goo.gl/HIRCqT

Experts from over 40 countries will be meeting in Monaco on 6-9 December 2016, to draft the outline of the IPCC Special Report Climate Change and the Oceans and the Cryosphere. More details here: http://ipcc.ch/pdf/press/161129_MA_SM_SROCC.pdf

Follow the discussions on IPCC Special Report on global warming of 1.5 °C (SR1.5) happening now at outreach event in Jamaica here: goo.gl/HIRCqT

Presentation by Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Vice-Chair of WGIII, on Climate Change Mitigation at outreach event on IPCC activities and findings in Jamaica: goo.gl/lIgeaL