In 2026, Reading hosted two major workshops for the IPCC in collaboration with the UK government and the Met Office. These events showcased our leadership in climate research and our commitment to collective action.
As part of the IPCC's seventh assessment cycle (AR7), the workshops brought together over 100 climate experts and policymakers. The aim was to enhance global understanding of the climate challenge and discuss effective responses to it.
Discover more about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) visit to Reading and the work we do together.
Professor Hannah Cloke explains how the workshops laid the groundwork for bringing diverse knowledge into the next IPCC report.
IPCC Chair, Professor Jim Skea, outlines the purpose of the workshops and why Reading was the ideal partner to host them.
Experts from the Met Office, the UK Government and the University of Reading discuss the IPCC and climate change more broadly.
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The University of Reading has one of the largest clusters of climate scientists in the world and a global reputation for excellence in climate research. We contributed more experts than any other institution to Working Group I of the latest IPCC assessment report, published in 2021.
Professor Ed Hawkins, lead author on the AR6 Working Group I report and creator of the Warming Stripes, writes about how our climate is changing from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean.
Meet Jolene Cook OBE, the UK Government’s representative on the IPCC. Jolene's journey in climate science began at the University of Reading’s renowned Department of Meteorology.
Three experts from the University of Reading will contribute to the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), including one lead author in Working Group III.
Sir Brian Hoskins and a wide community of our Meteorology researchers have played a central role in the IPCC’s work for decades, even contributing to a Nobel Prize win.
Researchers in the early stages of their careers at Reading discussed the advantages of having the IPCC on campus.