SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

Diana Ürge-Vorsatz on what makes the IPCC tick

What's the secret behind the success of the world's most famous science advice mechanism?

On the same day this episode went live, the world-renowned IPCC published its comprehensive report on climate change impact and adaptation. Taking time out of a hectic 24-hour calendar of scientific meetings and reviews, Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz — one of the coordinating lead authors — sat down a week earlier with Toby Wardman of SAPEA to provide a fascinating insider insight into the workings of IPCC and the secret sauce that keeps the world’s best-known scientific advice mechanism firing on all cylinders.