Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change

This book launch event brings author Hannah Hughes into conversation with Charlotte Weatherill on the politics of science in climate change, studying the IPCC and writing your first book.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the most significant global environmental assessment bodies ever established, providing the most authoritative and influential reports on climate change knowledge. Hannah’s book examines the history and politics of the organisation and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. Developing a new methodology, the book examines the actors, activities and forms of authority shaping the IPCC’s constructions of climate change. It describes how social, economic and political dynamics influence all aspects of the organisation and its work. This book contributes to understanding the place of science in politics and politics in science and offers important insights for designing new knowledge bodies for global environmental agreement-making. 

The book is published by Cambridge University Press and is available open access: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009341554

 Registration will close two hours before the event begins