The document summarizes key findings from the IPCC 5th Assessment Report's Working Group 1 contribution on the physical science basis of climate change. It involved 259 authors from 39 countries, who found clear evidence that climate change poses a serious risk and is caused by human activity such as greenhouse gas emissions. If emissions continue at high levels, global temperatures will likely rise more than 2°C by 2100 and warming effects like sea level rise will be irreversible for hundreds of years. Immediate emissions reductions are required to limit global warming.