Coordinating Lead Authors:
Timothy R. Carter (Finland), Roger N. Jones (Australia), Xianfu Lu (UNDP/China)
Lead Authors:
Suruchi Bhadwal (India), Cecilia Conde (Mexico), Linda O. Mearns (USA), Brian C. O’Neill (IIASA/USA), Mark D.A. Rounsevell (Belgium), Monika B. Zurek (FAO/Germany)
Contributing Authors:
Jacqueline de Chazal (Belgium), Stéphane Hallegatte (France), Milind Kandlikar (Canada), Malte Meinshausen (USA/Germany), Robert Nicholls (UK), Michael Oppenheimer (USA), Anthony Patt (IIASA/USA), Sarah Raper (UK), Kimmo Ruosteenoja (Finland), Claudia Tebaldi (USA), Detlef van Vuuren (The Netherlands)
Review Editors:
Hans-Martin Füssel (Germany), Geoff Love (Australia), Roger Street (UK)
This chapter should be cited as:
Carter, T.R., R.N. Jones, X. Lu, S. Bhadwal, C. Conde, L.O. Mearns, B.C. O’Neill, M.D.A. Rounsevell and M.B. Zurek, 2007: New Assessment Methods and the Characterisation of Future Conditions. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 133-171.