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Chapters
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Historical Overview of Climate Change Science
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New Assesment Methods and the Characterisation of Future Conditions
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Fresh Water Resources and their Management
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Ecosystems, their Properties, Goods and Services
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Food, Fibre, and Forest Products
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Coastal Systems and Low-Lying Areas
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Industry, Settlement and Society
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Human Health
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Africa
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Asia
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Australia and New Zealand
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Europe
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Latin America
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North America
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Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic)
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Small Islands
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Assessment of Adaptation Practices, Options, Constraints and Capacity
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Inter-Relationships Between Adaptation and Mitigation
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Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risk from Climate Change
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Perspectives on Climate Change and Sustainability
- Cross-Chapter Case Studies
- Appendices I-V: Glossary, Contributors, Reviewers, Acronyms, Permissions
- Index
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.
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| Introduction |
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| 1. Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems |
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| 2. New assessment methods and the characterisation of future conditions |
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| 3. Freshwater resources and their management |
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| 4. Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services |
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| 5. Food, fibre and forest products |
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| 6. Coastal systems and low-lying areas |
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| 7. Industry, settlement and society |
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| 8. Human health |
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| 9. Africa |
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| 10. Asia |
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| 11. Australia and New Zealand |
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| 12. Europe |
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| 13. Latin America |
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| 14. North America |
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| 15. Polar Regions |
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| 16. Small Islands |
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| 17. Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity |
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| 18. Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation |
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| 19. Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change |
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| 20. Perspectives on climate change and sustainability |
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