- was established by the CCCA Board and approved by the CCCA General Assembly in June 2015 to carry on the APCC project
- is an open group, enabling the involvement of the entire scientific community.
- accepts proposals from the scientific community for future APCC products, discusses and explores possible topics for future APCC products, and submits proposals for suitable APCC product topics to the CCCA Board on a prospective basis for the coming years.
- evaluates proposals from the scientific community according to the criteria of feasibility, public interest in the topic, appropriate definition and scope of the topic, and presents them to the CCCA Board for approval.
- proposes members for the Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC) and submits these proposals to the CCCA Board
- is accountable to the CCCA Board
- is responsible for ensuring that CCCA members and the CCCA community are actively involved in the preparation of assessment reports (e.g. through use of the various CCCA communication channels, managed by the CCCA secretariat)
- discusses the definition and thematic scope of APCC products and develops corresponding proposals
Topic identification for Special Reports
Thematic proposals for Special Reports can be submitted to the AG APCC by the scientific community. These are collected and discussed. The working group explores possible topics and proposes them to the CCCA Board, which may also make recommendations in this regard. Invitations to AG APCC meetings in general, and to meetings in which specific topics are explored in particular, are issued through the following CCCA communication channels:
- Email to all members of the AG APCC
- Email to the member representatives of CCCA
- Information on the AG APCC website
- Entry in the CCCA website calendar
- Additionally, proponents of a topic are invited to present their proposals at working group meetings.
In subsequent stakeholder workshops (funding partners, practitioners from policy and industry, etc.), a roadmap is to be developed that provides a medium-term outlook on possible future Special Reports.
The following conditions must be met for a Special Report:
The topic has sufficient breadth.
- The scientific community is large enough to cover the topic comprehensively.
- A sufficient quantity and quality of existing, usable studies, literature, etc. is available.
- The community has the willingness to produce an APCC product.
- Funding by stakeholders/funders is feasible.
Download (pdf): Description AG APCC