This technical summary complements and expands the key findings of the Working Group  Il contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report  presented in the Summary for Policymakers and covers literature accepted for publication by 1 September 2021. It provides technical understanding and is developed from the key findings of chapters and cross-chapter papers  as presented in their executive summaries and integrates across them. The report builds on the WGII contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report  of the IPCC and three special reports of the AR6 cycle providing new knowledge and updates. The three special reports are the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C , an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty; the Special Report on Climate Change and Land, which is concerned with climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems ; and the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate . The WGII assessment integrates with the WGI  and WGIII  contributions and contributes to the Synthesis Report.
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