IPCC announces authors for 5th Assessment report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the final list of climate change experts who will prepare the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to be published between 2013 and 2014. The list includes Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors.

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In total, 827 experts will contribute to the AR5, divided between the three Working Groups (WG) of the Panel. WG I focuses on the physical science basis and will include 258 experts. WG II, which assesses the impacts, adaptation strategies and vulnerability related to climate change, will involve 302 experts. The assessment in WG III, which covers mitigation response strategies in an integrated risk and uncertainty framework, will be carried out by 267 experts. See http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/ipcc-wg3-ar5-authors.pdf for the authors of WG III

For the Transport Sector the following persons were selected
Coordinating Lead Authors :

Roberto SCHAEFFER - BRAZIL
Ralph SIMS - NEW ZEALAND

Lead Authors

Felix CREUTZIG - GERMANY
Xochitl CRUZ-NÚÑEZ - MEXICO
Marcio D'AGOSTO - BRAZIL
Delia DIMITRIU - ROMANIA
Maria Josefina FIGUEROA - DENMARK
Lew FULTON - FRANCE
Kebin HE - CHINA
Shigeki KOBAYASHI - JAPAN
Peter NEWMAN - AUSTRALIA
Minggao OUYANG - CHINA
Steven PLOTKIN - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Robert SAUSEN - GERMANY
James Jay SCHAUER - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Review Editors
Suzana KAHN RIBEIRO - BRAZIL
Lee SCHIPPER - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA