Downloads: Drafts and Review Materials

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) was prepared according to Appendix A to the Principles Governing IPCC Work on Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval and Publication of IPCC Reports. This page provides links to the drafts of the Working Group I contribution to the AR6 that were submitted for expert and/or government review, the expert and government review comments received, and the author responses to these comments. These drafts, review comments, and author responses are not the results of the assessment and may not be cited, quoted, or distributed as such. Only the approved and accepted Report may be cited or quoted as the results of the assessment.

Approved Summary for Policymakers

Summary for Policymakers

Final Draft

Technical SummaryDownload
Full report

Chapters

Chapter 1: Point of Departure and Key ConceptsDownload
Chapter 2: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 3: Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 4: Water
Chapter 5: Food, fibre, and other ecosystem products
Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Chapter 7: Health, wellbeing and the changing structure of communities
Chapter 8: Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development
Chapter 9: Africa
Chapter 10: Asia
Chapter 11: Australasia
Chapter 12: Central and South America
Chapter 13: Europe
Chapter 14: North America
Chapter 15: Small Islands
Chapter 16: Key risks across sectors and regions
Chapter 17: Decision-making options for managing risk
Chapter 18: Climate resilient development pathways

Cross-Chapter Papers (CCPs)

CCP1: Biodiversity hotspots (land, coasts and oceans)
CCP2: Cities and settlements by the sea
CCP3: Deserts, semi-arid areas, and desertification
CCP4: Mediterranean region
CCP5: Mountains
CCP6: Polar regions
CCP7: Tropical forests

Annexes

Annex I: Global to Regional AtlasDownload
Annex II: GlossaryDownload

Tricklebacks and Corrigenda

TricklebacksDownload
CorrigendaDownload

Other

Working Group II AR6 DataOpen page

Second Order Draft

General comments and responses on the entire report
Summary for Policymakers
Technical Summary
Chapter 1: Point of Departure and Key Concepts
Chapter 2: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 3: Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 4: Water
Chapter 5: Food, fibre, and other ecosystem products
Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Chapter 7: Health, wellbeing and the changing structure of communities
Chapter 8: Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development
Chapter 9: Africa
Chapter 10: Asia
Chapter 11: Australasia
Chapter 12: Central and South America
Chapter 13: Europe
Chapter 14: North America
Chapter 15: Small Islands
Chapter 16: Key risks across sectors and regions
Chapter 17: Decision-making options for managing risk
Chapter 18: Climate resilient development pathways

Annexes

Annex I: Global to Regional Atlas
Annex II: Glossary

Cross-Chapter Papers (CCPs)

CCP1: Biodiversity hotspots (land, coasts and oceans)
CCP2: Cities and settlements by the sea
CCP3: Deserts, semi-arid areas, and desertification
CCP4: Mediterranean region
CCP5: Mountains
CCP6: Polar regions
CCP7: Tropical forests

First Order Draft

General comments and responses on the entire report
Chapter 1: Point of Departure and Key Concepts
Chapter 2: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 3: Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and their Services
Chapter 4: Water
Chapter 5: Food, fibre, and other ecosystem products
Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Chapter 7: Health, wellbeing and the changing structure of communities
Chapter 8: Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development
Chapter 9: Africa
Chapter 10: Asia
Chapter 11: Australasia
Chapter 12: Central and South America
Chapter 13: Europe
Chapter 14: North America
Chapter 15: Small Islands
Chapter 16: Key risks across sectors and regions
Chapter 17: Decision-making options for managing risk
Chapter 18: Climate resilient development pathways

Cross-Chapter Papers (CCPs)

CCP1: Biodiversity hotspots (land, coasts and oceans)
CCP2: Cities and settlements by the sea
CCP3: Deserts, semi-arid areas, and desertification
CCP4: Mediterranean region
CCP5: Mountains
CCP6: Polar regions
CCP7: Tropical forests