Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report key dates

04 August 2011

The 5th Assessment Report (AR5) is now underway. It will consist of three Working Group (WG) Reports and a Synthesis Report, to be completed in 2013 / 2014:
 

WG I (The Physical Science Basis): mid September 2013

WG II (Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability): mid March 2014

WG III (Mitigation of Climate Change): early April 2014

AR5 Synthesis Report (SYR): October 2014

Note: The IPCC literature cut-off dates are as follows:

WGI AR5 cut-off dates: 31 July 2012 (submitted) and 15 March 2013 (accepted)

WGII AR5 cut-off dates: 31 January 2013 (submitted) and 31 August 2013 (accepted).