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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

What is the IPCC AR6 synthesis report and why does it matter?

Hoesung Lee, chair of the IPCC, at Cop25 in Madrid in 2019
Hoesung Lee, chair of the IPCC, at Cop25 in Madrid in 2019. Photograph: Juan Carlos Lucas/NurPhoto/Getty Images

What is the IPCC AR6 synthesis report?

The fourth and final instalment of the sixth assessment report (AR6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the body of the world’s leading climate scientists, is the synthesis report, so called because it draws together the key findings of the preceding three main sections. Together, they make a comprehensive review of global knowledge of the climate.

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