The Synthesis Report (SYR), constituting the final product of the Fifth
Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), is published under the title Climate Change 2014. This
report distils, synthesizes and integrates the key findings of the three
Working Group contributions – The Physical Science Basis, Impacts,
Adaptation, and Vulnerability and Mitigation of Climate Change – to
the AR5 in a concise document for the benefit of decision makers in
the government, the private sector as well as the public at large. The
SYR also draws on the findings of the two Special Reports brought out
in 2011 dealing with Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change
Mitigation, and Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to
Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The SYR, therefore, is a comprehensive up-to-date compilation of assessments dealing with climate
change, based on the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic
literature in the field.
