DURBAN – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II, which deals with the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change, will start preparing its contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) with a meeting of experts in Durban from 20 to 25 January.

The IPCC is the United Nations' body for assessing the science related to climate change.

More than 250 authors and IPCC bureau members from more than 60 countries will gather for their first lead author meeting to map out their assessment and details of the drafting process, said an IPCC press release circulated by eThekwini Municipality on Wednesday.

“The Working Group II contribution to the sixth assessment report focuses on the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems and their vulnerabilities. It also analyses the capacities and limits of these systems to adapt to climate change and options to reduce climate-associated risks and for creating a sustainable future,” said the statement.

The report, along with contributions from the other two IPCC working groups, will be finalised in 2021.