The thirteen chapters of the Working Group I report provide an assessment of the current evidence on the physical science of climate change, knowledge evaluation gained from observations, reanalyses, paleoclimate archives and climate model simulations, as well as physical, chemical and biological climate processes.
Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Chapter 1. Framing, context, methods -- Chapter 2. Changing state of the climate system -- Chapter 3. Human influence on the climate system -- Chapter 4. Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information -- Chapter 5. Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks -- Chapter 6. Short-lived climate forcers -- Chapter 7. The Earth's energy budget, climate feedbacks, and climate sensitivity -- Chapter 8. Water cycle changes -- Chapter 9. Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level change -- Chapter 10. Linking global to regional climate change -- Chapter 11. Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate -- Chapter 12. Climate change information for regional impact and for risk assessment -- Atlas -- Annex 1. Observational Products -- Annex 2. Models -- Annex 3. Radiative Forcing -- Annex 4. Modes of Variability -- Annex 5. Monsoons -- Annex 6. Climatic Impact-Driver and Extreme Indices -- Annex 7. Glossary

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