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Climate Change Impact Information From the IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental scientific body established to aggregate, review and publish scientific, technical and socio-economic information regarding climate change. This information is frequently provided in the context of the local and global impact of that change. You can learn more about the IPCC here.

Below you will find links to the IPCC homepage and selected content provided therein

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
IPCC Reports Portal
The starting place for exploring all of the IPCC reports.
IPCC Data Portal
The starting place for exploring all IPCC data.

IPCC Fifth Assessment Materials:

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report : Synthesis Report
Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report
The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability (PDF)
A link to a PDF file of the complete document.

IPCC Sixth Assessment Materials:

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
From October 2015 to July 2023 the IPCC produced the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) with contributions by its three Working Groups and a Synthesis Report, three Special Reports, and a refinement to its latest Methodology Report .[From the Publisher]
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The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis was released on 9 August 2021.

The Working Group II contribution, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability was released on 28 February 2022.

The Working Group III contribution , Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change was released on 4 April 2022.

The Synthesis Report , Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report was released on 20 March 2023 to inform the 2023 Global Stocktake under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [From the Publisher]
IPCC Working Group I (WGI) Interactive Atlas
A novel tool for flexible spatial and temporal analyses of much of the observed and projected climate change information underpinning the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, including regional synthesis for Climatic Impact-Drivers (CIDs).
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report : Synthesis Report (2023)
"The [Synthesis Report] outline ...consists of an introduction and three main sections: ‘Current Status and Trends’,... ‘Long-term Climate and Development Futures’, [and]... ‘Near-term [2030-2040] Responses in a Changing Climate". [From the Publisher]
IPCC AR6: Summary for Policy Makers
The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) provides a high-level summary of the understanding of the current state of the climate, including how it is changing and the role of human influence, and the state of knowledge about possible climate futures, climate information relevant to regions and sectors, and limiting human-induced climate change.