Evening lecture by Prof. Dr. Heleen de Coninck, organized by the Bossche Chemische Kring.

The IPCC on CO2: the scientific and political state of affairs regarding climate change

Summary
The reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change invariably make global headlines. In this lecture, Heleen de Coninck, who has been contributing to IPCC reports for over twenty years, explains how these reports are produced and how the balance is struck between climate science and climate policy.

She will discuss the key findings, focusing on the benefits and challenges of CO2 removal. Drawing on Dutch and European climate policy and the recommendations of the Scientific Climate Council, she will also examine the implications of climate transitions for the Netherlands.

Biography
Heleen de Coninck is a professor of climate change at Eindhoven University of Technology and Radboud University. She is also deputy chair of the Scientific Climate Council, an independent body established in 2022 that advises the government and parliament on climate policy.

De Coninck researches international climate policy, deep emission reductions in energy-intensive industries, and technology cooperation with developing countries.

She was one of the lead authors of the IPCC report (2018) on how to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, and was also a (lead) author on various other IPCC reports. She has a background in chemistry and environmental science and obtained her PhD in 2009 with a thesis on the role of technology in international climate negotiations.

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