IPCC Chair Jim Skea’s remarks during the opening of the 65th Session of the IPCC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 October 2026 Thank you, Ko, especially as you serve in a dual role at this plenary: interim Secretary of the IPCC and Deputy Secretary-General of the WMO. Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates and colleagues, dear guests, ladies and gentlemen, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which I have the privilege of chairing, […]