IPCC Reports

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC provides policymakers with regular scientific reports and assessments.

 

Special Reports

The IPCC Special Reports are assessment reports on specific issues agreed on by its member governments, delivered in addition to the IPCC Assessment Reports. Below are the three latest Special Reports.

• Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate 2019
  • Full Report
  • Further information

• Special Report on Climate Change and Land 2019
  • Full Report
  • Further information

• Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C 2018
  • Full Report
  • Further information

 

IPCC Assessment Reports

Since 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published Asessment Reports (AR) five times. The next Assessment Report, AR6, will be published in 2022. The Assessments contain reports from Working Groups I-III, and a Synthesis Report that distils and integrates the findings of the reports. AR5-AR1 are found below.

• AR6 – The Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC 2021/2022
  • WG1 Climate Change 2021 The Physical Science Basis – Full Report
    • Further information
  • WG2 Climate Change 2022 Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability – Full Report
    • Further information
  • WG3 Climate Change 2022 Mitigation of Climate Change – Full Report
    • Further information

• AR5 – The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC 2014
  • AR5 Synthesis Report
    • Further information
  • AR5 Working Group Reports:
    • AR5 WG1 Climate Change 2013 The Physical Science Basis
      • Further information
    • AR5 WG2 Climate Change 2014 Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
      • Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects
      • Part B: Regional Aspects
      • Further information
    • AR5 WG3 Climate Change 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change
      • Further information

• AR4 – The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC 2007
  • AR4 Synthesis Report 
    • Further information
  • AR4 Working Group Reports:
    • AR4 WG1 Climate Change 2007 The Physical Science Basis
      • Further information
    • AR4 WG2 Climate Change 2007 – Impacts, Adaption and Vulnerability 
      • Further information
    • AR4 WG3 Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation of Climate Change 
      • Further information

• AR3 – The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC 2001
  • AR3 Synthesis Report 
    • Further information
  • AR3 Working Group Reports:
    • AR3 WG1 Climate Change 2001 The Scientific Basis 
      • Further information
    • AR3 WG2 Climate Change 2001 Impacts, Adaption, and Vulnerability 
      • Further information
    • AR3 WG3 Climate Change 2001 Mitigation 
      • Further information

• AR2 – The Second Assessment Report of the IPCC 1995
  • AR2 Synthesis Report 
    • Further information
  • AR2 Working Group Reports:
    • AR2 WG1 Climate Change 1995 The Science of Climate Change 
      • Further information
    • AR2 WG2 Climate Change 1995 Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses
      • Further information
    • AR2 WG3 Climate Change 1995 – Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change 
      • Further information

• AR1 – The First Assessment Report of the IPCC 1990
  • AR1 Synthesis Report  
    • Further information
  • AR1 Working Group Reports:
    • AR1 WG1 Climate Change 1990 Scientific Assessment of Climate Change
      • Further information
    • AR1 WG2 Climate Change 1990 Impact Assessment of Climate Change
      • Further information
    • AR1 WG3 Climate Change 1990 The IPCC Response Strategies
      • Further information

 

For further information on Special Reports and Assessment Reports, visit the official IPCC website.

All IPCC Reports can be found online at here.

Information about the assessment reports was gathered from: unfccc.int

 

 

 

 

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The Scientific Reports collection has been compiled and constructed by Ms Anja Marie Solheim, a former student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen. Ms Solheim has experience from the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York and is affiliate to OceanStates as research assistant.