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Istanbul Nişantaşı University Hosts Prof. Geoffrey Levermore, Lead Author of the Nobel Peace Prize-Winning IPCC

As part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) process, Istanbul Nişantaşı University hosted Prof. Geoffrey Levermore, Emeritus Professor at The University of Manchester, at an international scientific event. Prof. Levermore served as a Lead Author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Al Gore.

In his online talk "Climate Change and the IPCC" on 26 October 2026, Prof. Levermore covered the development of climate science from the discovery of the greenhouse effect to the present, the structure of the IPCC and how its reports are prepared and approved, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and COP negotiations, climate finance, and the current state of global warming. He concluded by discussing the goals of COP31, to be held in Antalya from 9 to 20 November 2026.

Awareness events such as this aim to contribute to public understanding of the COP31 process hosted by Türkiye and of its net-zero goals.