Table 1 Diversity of the authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report, by Global North or South, region (n = 817), gender (n = 818), roles in the IPCC (n = 818), and practitioner status
Practitioner | Others | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Socio-economic divisiona | ||||||
North | 32 | 6% | 528 | 94% | 560 | 69% |
South | 57 | 22% | 200 | 78% | 257 | 31% |
Regiona | ||||||
Africa | 31 | 43% | 41 | 57% | 72 | 9% |
Asia | 14 | 10% | 129 | 90% | 143 | 17% |
Europe | 16 | 6% | 262 | 94% | 278 | 34% |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 9 | 12% | 67 | 88% | 76 | 9% |
North America | 12 | 6% | 182 | 94% | 194 | 24% |
Oceania | 7 | 13% | 47 | 87% | 54 | 7% |
Gender | ||||||
Women | 24 | 13% | 154 | 87% | 178 | 22% |
Men | 66 | 10% | 574 | 90% | 640 | 78% |
Role | ||||||
Coordinating lead author (CLA) | 11 | 9% | 115 | 91% | 126 | 15% |
Lead author (LA) | 61 | 11% | 483 | 89% | 544 | 67% |
Review editor (RE) | 18 | 12% | 130 | 88% | 148 | 18% |
Grand total | 90 | 11% | 728 | 89% | 818 | 100% |
