Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis

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  1. Front Matter - 0.8MB
  2. Summary for Policymakers - 2.3MB
  3. Technical Summary - 18.1MB
  4. Frequently Asked Questions - 30MB

Chapters

  1. Introduction - 4.5MB
  2. Observations: Atmosphere and Surface - 38.3MB
  3. Observations: Ocean - 48.3MB
  4. Observations: Cryosphere - 12.8MB
  5. Information from Paleoclimate Archives - 10.8MB
  6. Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles - 23.8MB
  7. Clouds and Aerosols - 19.2MB
  8. Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing - 18.9MB
  9. Evaluation of Climate Models - 24.6MB
  10. Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional - 10.4MB
  11. Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability - 14.1MB
  12. Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility - 36.6MB
  13. Sea Level Change - 32.9MB
  14. Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change - 10.6MB

Annexes

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

  • 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 (external)
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Summary Volume (SPM, TS & FAQs) into UN Languages

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SPM in UN and other languages

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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Other Languages

A number of countries have undertaken translations of the SPMs 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.

Headline Statements in UN and other Languages

Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers [Audio]

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