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The Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is the only Special Report of the IPCC 7th assessment cycle. This report aims to provide a scientific assessment of the role of cities and their contributions to climate change, as well as their critical role in addressing climate change.

The Special Report is developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II and III with support from the Working Group II Technical Support Unit.

This report is scheduled for publication in March 2027. 

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Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

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The outline for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (SR Cities) is developed through a scoping process led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Scientists and government representatives meet at a scoping meeting to propose key themes, chapter topics, and policy-relevant questions about cities and climate change. This proposed outline is then reviewed and formally approved by governments at an IPCC plenary session. Once agreed, the outline guides author teams in drafting each chapter. It serves as the structure for the report, ensuring the content stays policy-relevant, balanced, and consistent as drafts are written and circulated for expert and government review.

Understanding the outline of the Report

The IPCC does not conduct its own research, run models or make measurements of climate or weather phenomena. Its role is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic literature relevant to understanding climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Author teams critically assess all such information from any source that is to be included in the report, and each IPCC Working Group sets cut-off dates by which time literature has to be accepted for publication by scientific journals, if it is to be included in the current assessment. Cut-off dates ensure the assessment is as up to date as is practical while ensuring that author teams have sufficient time to fully evaluate all literature included in the assessment.

For the SR Cities report the cut off dates are:
- 1 Apr 2026: Cut off for 'submitted' papers
- 15 Oct 2026: Cut off for 'accepted' papers

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