This Synthesis Report (SYR) of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) summarises the state of knowledge of climate change,its widespread impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. It integrates the main findings of the SixthAssessment Report (AR6) based on contributions from the three Working Groups1, and the three Special Reports2. The summaryfor Policymakers (SPM) is structured in three parts: SPM.A Current Status and Trends, SPM.B Future Climate Change, Risks, andLong-Term Responses, and SPM.C Responses in the Near Term3.This report recognizes the interdependence of climate, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies; the value of diverseforms of knowledge; and the close linkages between climate change adaptation, mitigation, ecosystem health, human well-beingand sustainable development, and reflects the increasing diversity of actors involved in climate action.Based on scientific understanding, key findings can be formulated as statements of fact or associated with an assessed level ofconfidence using the IPCC calibrated language4.