Fifth Assessment Report - Climate Change 2013

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Report by Chapters

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

Chapters

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

Annexes

I: Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections 44.7MB
- Supplementary Material: RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, RCP8.5
II: Climate System Scenario Tables 1.5MB
III: Glossary 0.4MB
IV: Acronyms 0.1MB
V: Contributors to the WGI Fifth Assessment Report 0.2MB
VI: Expert Reviewers of the WGI Fifth Assessment Report 0.5MB

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

Complete Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment375MB

SPM (and translations)

Headline Statements (and translations)

Drafts and Review Materials

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

Title	FOD		SOD		FD
Title	Draft	Comments and Responses	Draft	Comments and Responses	FD
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

Copies of the printed report are available from Cambridge University Press.