Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Possible evening event (TBC) - will be confirmed by the end of October.
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
| DAY 1 | |
| 08.30 - 9:00 | Registration |
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9:00 - 10.15 |
Welcome addresses by the hosts
Introduction and vision for the workshop
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| coffee | |
| 10.45 - 12.00 | Kick-off session with interactive surveys on concepts and perceptions, keynotes, and Q&A |
| lunch | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Science Input I: Overview panel on framing, concepts, and challenges |
| 14.00 - 15.15 | Science Input II: Lightning talks for systems and knowledge sources |
| 15.15 - 16:45 | World Café (with coffee) – Research on High Impact Events and Tipping Points (HIETPs) across Earth system components: what we know and don’t know, what’s new, what’s coming, what’s missing? |
| 16:45 - 18.00 | Uptake I: Panel discussion – (How) do perspectives on Earth System HIETP vary across regions? |
| break | |
| 20.45 - 23.15 | Social Event: Dinner cruise on the Seine |
Thursday, 27 November 2025
| DAY 2 | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Interactive harvesting session for Day 1 Reflections by WG Co-Chairs and introduction to morning Breakout Groups |
| coffee | |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Breakout Groups I – Concepts, definitions, and a joint framework: guidance for AR7 |
| lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.45 | Highlights from Breakout Groups I Uptake II: Keynotes on decision making, governance, and science communication |
| 14.45 – 16.00 | Breakout Groups II - Topics based on Day 1 discussions |
| coffee | |
| 16:30 – 18.00 | Breakout Groups III - Topics based on Day 1 discussions |
Friday, 28 November 2025
| DAY 3 | |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Stocktake plenary: key learnings, areas of consensus, and points of divergence |
| coffee | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Breakout Groups IV – key issues and drafting groups for guidance |
| lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Stocktake plenary: identifying remaining issues |
| 14:00 – 15.00 | Breakout Groups V – drafting groups for guidance and summary slides |
| coffee | |
| 15.30 – 17.30 | Final plenary: presentation and discussion of draft guidance and conclusions Closing of the session |
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Scientific Steering Committee meeting to finalize input to the IPCC First Lead Author Meeting.