The IPCC outreach event: expert dialogue on “regional climate change”

Source: School of Atmospheric Sciences
Written by: School of Atmospheric Sciences
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) outreach event was hosted by the School of Atmospheric Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) on June 28th 2018. IPCC co-chair Valérie MASSON-DELMOTTE (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ/IPSL), Prof. Deliang CHEN (University of Gothernburg), Prof. Peter THORNE (Maynooth University), Prof. William COLLINS (University of California Berkeley), Prof. Andre TURNER (University of Reading), Prof. Jana SILLMANN (CICERO), Prof. Wenjie DONG (SYSU) and Prof. Song YANG (SYSU) attended this outreach event. The proposed expert dialogue unfolded in the way of free discussions led by IPCC Authors and SYSU Professors, centering on the topic of “regional climate change”.
 

The IPCC outreach event: expert dialogue on “regional climate change”
 

As a host, Prof. Song YANG delivered a welcoming speech, noting that IPCC did a marvelous job in advances and gaps in the field of climate change and relevance for regional policy-making. Then, IPCC Authors made self-introductions, respectively. Prof. Wenjie DONG, introduced the history of the School of the Atmospheric Sciences of SYSU and international exchange programs.

Afterwards, students and researchers in the University engaged in discussions on topics such as climate extremes, projection uncertainty, climate effects of TP (the Tibetan Plateau), teleconnection and paleoclimate. Relevant experts gave the answers from the forefront of this field for each topic, receiving very active responses.