Find out more: Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

At its 43rd Session  the IPCC Panel decided to prepare a special report on climate change and the oceans and the cryosphere. The report was finalized in September 2019. The report includes a summary for policymakers and a chapter assessing past and future contributions to global, regional and extreme sea-level changes, associated risk to low-lying islands, coasts, cities, and settlements, and response options and pathways to resilience and sustainable development along the coast.

Figure SPM.4 | The effect of regional sea level rise on extreme sea level events at coastal locations. IPCC, 2019: Summary for Policymakers. In: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, M. Tignor, E. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Nicolai, A. Okem, J. Petzold, B. Rama, N.M. Weyer (eds.)]. In press.