The planned Special Report on Climate Change and Cities represents a key opportunity to connect the IPCC assessment process to the topics of cities and global urbanization, which are both critical elements of climate adaptation and mitigation during the current ‘decade of action’. To help seize this opportunity, we recommend the development of inreach and outreach strategies that can help the report to have greater impact. The new strategies could allow interest groups, including practitioners and policymakers, along with researchers and IPCC representatives to be more coordinated and enhance the utilization of the assessment results. These advances would be useful not only for the upcoming Special Report but also for future IPCC reports and other comparable scientific assessments.

计划中的气候变化与城市特别报告是将IPCC评估过程与城市和全球城市化主题联系起来的一个重要机会，这两者都是当前“行动十年”期间气候适应和减缓的关键要素。为了帮助抓住这个机会，我们建议制定内联和外联策略，以帮助报告产生更大的影响。新战略可以让包括从业者和政策制定者在内的利益团体以及研究人员和IPCC代表更加协调并提高评估结果的利用率。这些进展不仅对即将发布的特别报告有用，而且对未来的 IPCC 报告和其他类似的科学评估也有用。