An Italian woman among the coordinators of the United Nations climate report.

The scientist of the Center Abdus Salam International Theoretical Physics Institute (ICTP) Erika Coppola will be the coordinator of a chapter of the Seventh Evaluation Report (AR7) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body responsible for evaluating the scientific aspects relating to the climate change. Coppola is one of 664 experts from from 111 countries selected by the IPCC from 3,771 candidates at the world who will work on the next United Nations report United on the climate. The work of Erika Coppola, the only Italian in a team of 19 selected authors, focuses on the regional climate and the high-resolution climate models. It will contribute to the Group of work I, which will evaluate the physical aspects of the change climate, and in particular the chapter dedicated to projections regional climates and extreme events. "Understanding how today's choices can influence the tomorrow's climate at the regional level is both a challenge and a necessity, essential to prepare for adaptation and climate change mitigation,” Coppola said. scientist had also participated in the previous cycle of IPCC assessment as author of the chapter on assessment of the impact of climate change and risks at the regional level. As coordinating author, this time she will have to make sure the chapter includes contributions from all authors and that their opinions are considered and respected in all decisions that the group will have to make during the drafting process.