IPCC SREX Regional Outreach meetings: For an allegedly policy-neutral body, they seem to be pretty eager to push climate-related policy action, and they don't seem to be all that neutral about policy that ignores the alleged climate threat

FAPESP :: IPCC SREX Regional Outreach Meeting - São Paulo, 16-17 August 2012

A global series of outreach events explore the possible impacts of weather and climate extremes and disasters by region, featuring findings contained in the IPCC Special Report for Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The events are designed for policymakers, business leaders, academics, and civil society organizations whose policies and programs are or may be affected, and are open to the media. Previous events took place in Dakar (Senegal), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bangkok (Thailand), Delhi (India), Beijing (China) and Havana (Cuba), between April and June 2012.

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In the video above, IPCC's Chris Field talks about "framing [climate] issues in the context of managing risks", which "makes it more actionable...opens doors to being more effective with climate policy".

Note that plenty of planet-killing bottles of water are on display.