Capacity Building and Infrastructure: Participation in the Assessment, Methodology Development, and other Activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

The project aims to enhance and strengthen scientific and technical capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition through their experts' participation in IPCC activities, primarily in: (i) the actual writing of the IPCC assessment reports; (ii) IPCC workshops involving both (a) scientific and technical data and (b) training in various IPCC methodologies; and (iii) summarizing the findings of the assessment reports into Executive Summaries and Summaries for Policy-makers. It ensures that the specific experiencies, concerns, and existing knowledge of these countries are reflected in the IPCC scientific and technical assessments, which support the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.