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When quoting, citing or distributing the Synthesis Report, its SPM or its individual sections, please provide the full reference: IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp.


  1. Cover - (A / B)
  2. Front Matter - 0.8 MB
  3. Summary for Policymakers 3.2MB -
  4. Synthesis Report (longer report) 6.2 MB
  5. Annexes and Index - 0.4 MB
  6. Full Report (10 MB)
  7. Errata - 0.4MB(Updated 29/06/2018)

SPM in UN and other languages

Translation of the AR5 SYR SPM from English into the other five official languages of the United Nations is being done by translators working for the WMO Language, Conference and Publishing Services Department. The assistance of scientific translation editors for each language is gratefully acknowledged.

UN Languages

Other Languages

A number of countries are undertaking translations of the SPMs into languages that are not official languages of the United Nations. IPCC welcomes these initiatives but would note that the translations are prepared under the responsibility of the respective country or institutions. The IPCC does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy of these translations into non-UN languages. In working to achieve the widest possible dissemination of IPCC knowledge, the IPCC is pleased to assist in making these translations available.

Headline Statements (and translations)

Drafts and Review Materials

The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) was prepared according to Appendix A to the Principles Governing IPCC Work on Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval and Publication of IPCC Reports. In accordance with this, the first draft of the Synthesis Report was submitted for simultaneous expert and government review. The review comments received and the author responses to these comments are available here. The comments and author responses should be considered within the context of the review process, and are not to be interpreted as assessment results. Only the final publication can be cited or quoted as the results of the assessment.

Title First Order Draft
Draft Comments
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Responses
General comments on the entire report 5.3MB 361kb
Summary for Policymakers 1.6MB 2.7MB
Introduction 193kb 177kb
Topic 1: Observed Changes and their Causes 1.3MB 842kb
Topic 2: Future Climate Changes, Risks and Impacts 2.7MB 209kb
Topic 3: Transformations and Changes in Systems 1.5MB 1MB
Topic 4: Adaptation and Mitigation Measures 1.8MB 880kb
Box: Information relevant to Article 2 of the UNFCCC 327kb 272kb

Title PDF
Review Editor Reports 2.0MB

Title Final Draft
Draft Comments
Final Draft 3.7MB 1.4MB

Approved SPM and Longer Report

Title PDF
Approved Summary for Policymakers
(IPCC-XL/Doc. 20)		 2.7MB
Adopted Longer Report
(IPCC-XL/Doc. 21)		 3.6MB
Errors corrected between SYR approval /adoption (1-11- 2014) and SYR final publication( 18-3- 2015) 1.2MB

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