Elmar Kriegler talked about the outcomes of global and national-level scenarios on current policies and emission pathways consistent with the 2° and 1.5° guardrails at a “Modelling meets Policy” event with representatives of the European Commission. Together with Katja Frieler he also held presentations at a research dialogue and other side events. Frieler as well as Jessica Strefler participated in an event on “Emerging science on 1.5°C global warming at the science policy interface”, jointly organized by the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany. Claudia Meintzinger was in Bonn to represent the PIK project EPICC at meetings of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, other scientists like Robert Gieseke, Michael Pahle or Annika Günther attended the conference as well. There will be another intersessional climate conference in Bangkok later this year, as further negotiations are needed to finalize the Paris rulebook at COP24 this year.
Weblink: UNFCCC summary of the climate talks
