The representatives of member governments and observer organisations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be meeting in Lima, Peru, from October 27 to 30, 2025.
The Panel, comprising 195 member governments, is expected to continue discussions on the workplan of the Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report, as well as on the draft outline and workplan of the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage.
The 63rd Session of the Panel, hosted by the Peruvian government, will also consider proposals for Expert Meetings and Workshops to be held in its current cycle as well as the IPCC’s programme and budget, among other business.
The opening session of the meeting will take place on Monday, October 27, 2025, at ESAN Convention Centre in Lima. During the opening, the Plenary will be addressed by IPCC Chair Jim Skea, Peru’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Hugo de Zela, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources for Peru’s Ministry of Environment, Raquel Hilianova Soto Torres, and Director of Climate Change Division of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Martin Krause.
The delegates will also see the video messages from Celeste Saulo, the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation and Simon Stiell, the Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
IPCC assessments provide governments, at all levels, with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC assessments are a key input into the international negotiations to tackle climate change. IPCC reports are drafted and reviewed in several stages, thus guaranteeing objectivity and transparency.
Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every five to seven years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, which formally began in July 2023.