IPCC meets in Bulgaria to determine timeline for report cycle, amidst political debates about aligning outputs with UN climate negotiations.

The UN's climate science advisory group, IPCC, is meeting in Bulgaria to decide on a timeline for its next cycle of reports over the rest of the decade. Government divisions arose during January over aligning IPCC outputs with UN climate negotiations. This political struggle reflects the IPCC's success in disseminating climate knowledge, leading to deeper involvement in climate politics. Governments decide to produce the reports and provide final approval.