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FY 2009 Committee Report on AR5 Issues from
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The captioned research committee held three meetings chaired by Mr. Hisashi ISHITANI. In setting mid-term target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, many countries refer to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) published in 2007 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In preparation for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to be slated for 2013-14, it is integral to reflect industry input in the report and the IPCC places importance to outreach activities for business sectors as well. As the national secretariat for the Working Group III of the IPCC, we have organized fora for relevant academics, experts and representatives from major industry sectors to exchange their views to delve into AR5 issues and examine as to how to address them in an attempt to reflect a wide range of industry expertise. Thus we conducted in this committee a series of discussions about Japan’s response and views and needs on the part of industry, while gathering information of the status and development of AR5 preparation. ♦Overview of the IPCC and Assessment Reports The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Envrionmental Programme (UNEP) to assess the latest scientific, technological and socio-economic findings of anthropogenic climate change impacts and to provide advice and counsel to governments.
It has produced four reports so far, each of which provided various scientific findings for international processes such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and for policy makers as most authoritative scientific basis. IPCC has three Working Groups and a Task Force on greenhouse gas inventories.
♦Status for AR5 preparation IPCC decided at its 28th plenary session to produce the Fifth Assessment Report. The timeline for respective working group reports and synthesis report was set to be completed in around 2013-2014. Later in October 2009, the detail was determined at the 31st plenary session.
Features of the WG III Report
♦Industrial views and needs to address future IPCC activities and AR5 Given the circumstances, participants exchanged positive ideas from broad viewpoints about such topics as the outline of AR5, nomination for AR5 authors, support and cooperation for authors, enhanced outward communication in preparing research papers and reports, and information sharing with industry and so on.
♦Committee Members (As of March 2010） The Chair：Hisashi ISHITANI, Director, New Energy Promotion CouncilOther Members：
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