This Synthesis Report is the main publication of the 6th Assessment cycle of the IPCC, which started in 2016. It draws on the reports of the three Working Groups of the IPCC : Physical Science Basis of Climate Change (WGI, August 2021), Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (WGII, Feb. 2022) and Mitigation of Climate Change (WGIII, April 2022), as well as on the three Special Reports on Global Warming of 1.5°C (2018), on Climate Change and Land (2019), and on the Ocean and the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (2019).
The Synthesis Report (SYR) of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) is divided into three sections:
💡 The Report summarizes the latest scientific literature on climate change since 2014.
Using a multiple analytical frameworks which highlights the interaction of the challenges, it recognizes the interdependence of climate, ecosystems, biodiversity, and human societies.
Published in March 2023, it also informs the 2023 Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement organized during COP28
