IPCC WG Reports
The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the climate system, paleoclimate archives, theoretical studies of climate processes and simulations using climate models. It builds upon the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), and incorporates subsequent new findings of research.
This report summarizes the impacts of climate change already being observed, as well as projected climate change impacts from Working Group 2 of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It covers 7 regions across the globe: Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, North America, Small Islands, and South America.
The Working Group III contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) assesses literature on the scientific,technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of mitigation of climate change. It builds upon the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) and previous reports and incorporates subsequent new findings and research.
Human interference with the climate system is occurring,1 and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems (Figure SPM.1). The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change.
