WGI: The Physical Science Basis

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Report by Chapters

  1. Front Matter 0.8MB
  2. Summary for Policymakers 2.3MB
  3. Technical Summary18.1MB
    • Supplementary Material0.3MB

Chapters

  1. 1. Introduction 4.5MB -
  2. 2. Observations: Atmosphere and Surface 38.3MB -
    • Supplementary Material 1.5MB
  3. 3. Observations: Ocean 48.3MB -
  4. 4. Observations: Cryosphere 12.8MB -
    • Supplementary Material 0.4MB
  5. 5. Information from Paleoclimate Archives 10.7MB -
  6. 6. Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles 23.8MB -
    • Supplementary Material 4MB
  7. 7. Clouds and Aerosols 19.2MB -
    • Supplementary Material 0.1MB
  8. 8. Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing 18.9MB -
    • Supplementary Material 15.9MB
  9. 9. Evaluation of Climate Models 24.6MB -
  10. 10. Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional 10.4MB -
    • Supplementary Material 1.3MB
  11. 11. Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability 14.1MB -
  12. 12. Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility 36.3MB -
  13. 13. Sea Level Change 32.9MB -
    • Supplementary Material 0.1MB
  14. 14. Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change 10.6MB -
    • Supplementary Material 1.9MB

Annexes

  1. I: Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections 44.7MB
  2. II: Climate System Scenario Tables 1.5MB
  3. III: Glossary 0.4MB
  4. IV: Acronyms 0.1MB
  5. V: Contributors to the WGI Fifth Assessment Report 0.2MB
  6. VI: Expert Reviewers of the WGI Fifth Assessment Report 0.5MB

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  1. Changes to the Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment (IPCC-XXVI/Doc.4) 0.2MB
  2. List of Substantive Edits (30 January 2014) 0.5MB
  3. Index 0.2MB
  4. Errata 5.4MB (Updated 02/08/2019)

Complete Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment375MB

SPM (and translations)

Translation of the WGI AR5 SPM from English into the other five official languages of the United Nations was done by translators working for the WMO Language, Conference and Publishing Services Department. The assistance of scientists from the WGI chapter teams who acted as scientific translation editors for each language is gratefully acknowledged.

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Headline Statements (and translations)

Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers [Audio]

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    A number of countries have undertaken translations of the headline statements into languages that are not official languages of the United Nations. IPCC welcomes these initiatives but would note that the translations have been 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.
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  • Japanese
  • Polish

Drafts and Review Materials

Title FOD Final Draft
Draft Comments
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Responses		 Draft Comments
Summary for Policymakers 5.2MB 2.1MB 6.1MB 1MB

Title FOD SOD FD
Draft Comments
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Responses		 Draft Comments
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Responses
General comments on the entire report - 0.3MB 0.3MB
Technical Summary - - 8.8MB 1MB 6.4MB
Introduction 1.5MB 0.9MB 2MB 0.7MB 2.8MB
Observations: Atmosphere and Surface 12MB 1.9MB 8.2MB 1.9MB 10.9MB
Observations: Ocean 14.9MB 0.6MB 7.9MB 0.9MB 18.9MB
Observations: Cryosphere 3.8MB 0.6MB 5.4MB 1.2MB 5.5MB
Information from Paleoclimate Archives 4.7MB 1.3MB 6.8MB 1.4MB 5.0MB
Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles 8.2MB 1.5MB 9.2MB 1.6MB 9.4MB
Clouds and Aerosols 6.5MB 1.2MB 7.3MB 1.5MB 3.7MB
Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing 7.1MB 1MB 15.9MB 1MB 3.0MB
Evaluation of Climate Models 10.8MB 1.2MB 11.5MB 1.6MB 7.2MB
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional 5.6MB 0.8MB 5.5MB 1.4MB 4.6MB
Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability 12.5MB 0.4MB 12MB 0.9MB 5.7MB
Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility 14.5MB 0.7MB 11.6MB 1MB 26.8MB
Sea Level Change 3.5MB 0.8MB 6.5MB 1MB 6.4MB
Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change 2.2MB 0.6MB 9.9MB 1MB 8.1MB
Annex I: Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections 26.9MB 0.1MB 34.1MB 0.07MB 38.3MB
Annex II: Climate System Scenario Tables 0.9MB
Annex III: Glossary 0.6MB

Review Editor Reports

Title PDF
Review Editor Reports 210kb

Summary for Policymakers (approved)

Title PDF
Approved Summary for Policymakers (IPCC-XXXVI/Doc.3) 2.7MB
Correction to approved SPM (pre-publication) 14kb

Final Draft

Title PDF
Changes to the Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment
(IPCC-XXXVI/Doc.4)		 210kb
List of Substantive Edits 462kb
Complete Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment 166MB

The Final Government Draft (FGD) is the version from 7 June 2013.

Presentation
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