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

Summary report by world’s leading climate scientists sets out actions to stave off climate breakdown

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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.