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The article focuses on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), its role as a global authoritative body in assessing climate change, and its assessment reports. It highlights the three working groups of the IPCC and their respective focuses on the physical science of climate change, vulnerability and adaptation, and climate change mitigation.

The article offers information about the Arctic region and its climate change. It is the principal driver of changes in the Arctic, causing disruptions to services and benefits, and greater instability. The geopolitical aspect of the Arctic are discusses by the panelists, who emphasize the importance of cooperation and rules that apply to operations in the Arctic.

The article discusses the role of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) advisory body to the UN Economic and Social Council which is established in 2000. Topics mentioned include the advisory body's composition of independent experts who address indigenous issues in various areas, expansion of the mandate of the PFII in 2008, and the public session of the PFII.