Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC

by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• ISBN13: 9780521705974
• ISBN10: 0521705975
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: United Nations Pubns

Summary

The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available. This IPCC Working Group II volume provides a completely up-to-date scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change, the vulnerability of natural and human environments, and the potential for response through adaptation. Written by the world's leading experts, the IPCC volumes will again prove to be invaluable for researchers, students, and policymakers, and will form the standard reference works for policy decisions for government and industry worldwide.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Summary for policymakers

Technical summary

Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems

New assessment methodologies and the characterisation of future conditions

Fresh water resources and their management

Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services

Food, fibre and forest products

Coastal systems and low-lying areas

Industry, settlement and society

Human health

Africa

Asia

Australia and New Zealand

Europe

Latin America

North America

Polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic)

Small islands

Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity

Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation

Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change

Perspectives on climate change and sustainability - 811 Cross-chapter case studies

Glossary

Contributors to the IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report

Reviewers of the IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report

Acronyms and abbreviations

Index and database of regional content

Index

CD-ROM

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