Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"

Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007

M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson (eds)

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. 976 pp

 

Contents   Foreword, Preface, and Introduction Summary for Policymakers Technical Summary Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems- [ Supplementary Material ] New assessment methods and the characterisation of future conditions Freshwater resources and their management Ecosystem, 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-Case Studies Appendices I-V: Glossary, Contributors, Reviewers, Acronyms, Permissions Index Figures Errata (PDF, HTML)

Searchable HTML version The IPCC WGII AR4 Consistent with all IPCC reports, the WGII contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report was a comprehensive assessment of the peer-reviewed published literature and selected gray literature on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. The Report Two Scoping Meetings to outline 20 Chapters 176 Lead Authors and 46 Review Editors from 72 countries 232 Contributing Authors from 48 countries Over 8,000 peer-reviewed publications cited The Summary for Policymakers was approved line-by-line by all WMO and UN member governments participating in the WG approval session The Reviews Over 40,000 comments from: 1181 Expert Reviewers, from 92 countries 41 Governments WGII AR4 Drafts, Review Comments and Author Team Responses are available here

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Fourth Assessment Draft Chapters and Reviews

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