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Diversity in IPCC author’s composition does not equate to inclusion

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The IPCC holds the gold standard for climate change scientific knowledge and authority at the science–policy interface. Here we reflect on our experience of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and discuss how diversity in authorship and inclusion of different disciplinary backgrounds can be improved.

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Fig. 1: Number of IPCC authors from the majority world versus the minority world.

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  1. Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Martina Angela Caretta

  2. University of Fiji, Saweni, Lautoka, Fiji

    Shobha Maharaj

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Caretta, M.A., Maharaj, S. Diversity in IPCC author’s composition does not equate to inclusion. Nat. Clim. Chang. 14, 1013–1014 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02150-8

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