Fifth Assessment Report - Synthesis Report

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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report
Synthesis Report

The IPCC Synthesis Report
➜ Integration of three Working Group Reports of
the 5th Assessment, 2013-2014
• WG I : The Ph...

The IPCC Synthesis Report
➜ Written by 60 authors from Working Group reports
➜ Chaired by the IPCC Chair R.K. Pachauri
...

Key Messages
➜ Human influence on the climate system is clear
➜ The more we disrupt our climate, the more we
risk sever...

Humans are changing the climate
It is extremely likely that we are the dominant cause of warming
since the mid-20th cent...

Temperatures continue to rise
Each of the past 3 decades has been successively warmer than
the preceding decades since 1...

Oceans absorb most of the heat
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➜ More than 90% of the
energy accumulating
in the climate sys...

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GHG emissions growth between 2000 and 2010 has been
larger than in the previous three decades
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Sources of emissions
Energy production remains the primary driver of GHG emissions
35%
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24% 2...

Antropogenic forcings are extremely likely the cause of warming
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Some of the changes in extreme weather and climate events
observed since about 1950 have been linked to human influence
...

Impacts are already underway
• Tropics to the poles
• On all continents and in the ocean
• Affecting rich and poor coun...

Projected climate changes
Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further
warming and changes in the climate ...

Potential Impacts of Climate Change
Food and water shortages
Increased poverty
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Increased dis...

Climate Change Poses Risk for Food Production
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Stabilization of atmospheric concentrations requires moving away from the
baseline – regardless of the mitigation goal.
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Stabilization of atmospheric concentrations requires moving away from the
baseline – regardless of the mitigation goal.
...

Figure SPM.10,
A reader’s guide
From climate change
risks to GHG emissions

The risks from climate
change, assessed by the
WGII of the IPCC AR5, and
aggregated in five “Reasons
for Concerns”
Le...

The link between cumulative CO2 emissions
and global mean temperature
The pink plume is from WGI complex models.
It inc...

The link between cumulative CO2 emissions
and global mean temperature
The ellipses show results from the WGIII models,
...

Levels of risks can be connected to cumulative
CO2 emission levels, for the average climate
response, for high climate s...

The link between changes in
annual GHG emissions by 2050
and the cumulative CO2
emissions of the WGIII scenario
catego...

Levels of risks can now be
connected to GHG emission
changes by 2050. Added
uncertainty arises from action on
non-CO2 ...

The constraint on changes in GHG
emissions by 2050 depends on the
sensitivity of the climate response.
Here, with large...

The constraint on changes in GHG
emissions by 2050 depends on the
sensitivity of the climate response.
Here, with low c...

Limiting Temperature Increase to 2˚C
Measures exist to achieve the substantial emissions reductions
required to limit li...

Mitigation Measures
More efficient use of energy
Greater use of low-carbon and no-carbon energy
• Many of these technol...

Ambitious Mitigation Is Affordable
➜ Economic growth reduced by ~ 0.06%
(BAU growth 1.6 - 3%)
➜ This translates into de...

The window for action is rapidly closing
65% of our carbon budget compatible with a 2°C goal already used
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The Choices We Make Will Create Different Outcomes
With substantial
mitigation
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Without
addi...

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