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Welcome to the Climate Knowledge Graph

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Climate Knowledge Graph is an R&D project with the goal of making climate change knowledge held in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report more accessible using open science methods and FAIR data principles. At the core of the project is the creation of a knowledge graph which will support search and publishing, data analysis, and AI LLM use. The aim of the project is to service expert and citizen science communities, support multilingualism, and enable global access.

What is the IPCC

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The IPCC provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the objective of the IPCC is to provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. IPCC reports are also a key input into international climate change negotiations. The IPCC is an organization of governments that are members of the United Nations or WMO.

Assessment cycles

Comprehensive scientific assessment reports are published every 5 to 7 years. The IPCC is currently in its seventh assessment cycle.

Timeline Assessment cycle 6
October 2015	Start of the 6th assessment cycle.
May 2017	Initial scoping meeting for AR6 reports.
2018–2019	Special Reports produced (Global Warming of 1.5°C, Land, Ocean/Cryosphere).
August 9, 2021	Working Group I (Physical Science) released.
February 28, 2022	Working Group II (Impacts/Adaptation) released.
April 4, 2022	Working Group III (Mitigation) released.
March 20, 2023	Synthesis Report (SYR) released, summarizing the entire cycle.
July 2023	Conclusion of the AR6 cycle and start of the 7th cycle.

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) comprises three Working Group contributions: Working Group I (the physical science basis), Working Group II (impacts, adaptation and vulnerability) and Working Group III (mitigation) and a Synthesis Report.

The Synthesis Report integrates the three Working Group reports as well as the findings from the three cross-Working Group Special Reports prepared during this assessment cycle: Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC (SR15, October 2018), Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL, August 2019) and Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC, September 2019).

During the AR6 cycle the IPCC also updated its methodologies with the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (May 2019).

Video "What is IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmTNoiOtiY

Report overview AR6

Synthesis report SYR
comprised of
Working group reports			Special reports
WGI	WGII	WGIII	SR1.5	SRCCL	SROCC

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TS

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Annex

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