Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC

• Author(s): Martin L. Parry,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 976
• ISBN_10: 0521880106
  ISBN_13: 9780521880107
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Environmental Economics , Law / Environmental , Law / International , Nature / Ecology , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Political Science / General , Science / Environmental Science , Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology , Science / Global Warming & Climate Change ,

Description:... 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.