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Climate change 2007, impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : contribution of Working Group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited Martin Parry [and others]

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Climate change 2007, impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : contribution of Working Group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited Martin Parry [and others]
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Climate change 2007
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
163616658
Responsibility statement
edited Martin Parry [and others]
Sub title
impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : contribution of Working Group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Summary
For policymakers -- Technical summary -- Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems -- New assessment methods 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 -- Cross-chapter case studies
Table of contents
Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems -- New assessment methods 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 -- Cross-chapter case studies