Towards a new IPCC Assessment: 200 invited scientists have gathered at UN Economic Commission for Africa in Adis Ababa, May 1-5, to propose the framework, chapter titles and the outline of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to be published in 2021/22. The decision on the outline will be taken at IPCC Plenary in Montreal in Sept 2017.
Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal was invited to deliberate, especially on Working Group III (mitigation) and among others, the urban and human settlements, and infrastructure. He was Coordinating Lead Author in AR5 and led its assessment on mitigation and human settlements.