New IPCC chief calls for fresh focus on climate solutions, not problems

Hoesung Lee says change of tack for UN climate science body is needed to galvanise global action on emissions reductions

The new leader of the world's most authoritative climate science body has declared it's time researchers shifted away from tracking the impacts of climate change - and focused instead on finding solutions.

In his first interview since taking charge of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Hoesung Lee announced a major change in direction for the organisation's exhaustive science reports.