27 February 2017 GENEVA — Climate change expert Rosa T. Perez was recently selected as one the Lead Authors for the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Global Warming of 1.5oC.  Ms. Perez is assigned to the Climate Change Assistance Section of the Manila Observatory.

Ms. Perez is one of the 86 experts chosen from over 560 nominations based on technical expertise, geographical representation, and gender balance, among other criteria.

The Paris Agreement on climate change signed in Paris in December 2016 invited the IPCC to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. IPCC accepted the invitation during its 43rd session in April 2016 and subsequently called for nominations from governments and organizations for suitable experts who can help with the report. END