Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Published: Geneva : IPCC Secretariat, 2008.
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Summary for policymakers; Technical summary
  • 1. Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems
  • 2. New assessment methodologies and the characterisation of future conditions
  • 3. Fresh water resources and their management
  • 4. Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services
  • 5. Food, fibre and forest products
  • 6. Coastal systems and low-lying areas
  • 7. Industry, settlement and society
  • 8. Human health
  • 9. Africa
  • 10. Asia
  • 11. Australia and New Zealand
  • 12. Europe
  • 13. Latin America
  • 14. North America
  • 15. Polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic)
  • 16. Small islands
  • 17. Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity
  • 18. Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation
  • 19. Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change
  • 20. Perspectives on climate change and sustainability
  • Cross-chapter case studies
  • Appendix I. Glossary
  • Appendix II. Contributors to the IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report
  • Appendix III. Reviewers of the IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report
  • Appendix IV. Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Appendix V. Index and database of regional content
  • Index.