Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Dedication -- Summary for Policymakers -- Technical Summary -- Point of Departure and Key Concepts -- Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Services -- Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services -- Water -- Food, Fibre and Other Ecosystem Products -- Cities, Settlements and Key Infrastructure -- Health, Wellbeing and the Changing Structure of Communities -- Poverty, Livelihoods and Sustainable Development -- Africa -- Asia -- Australasia -- Central and South America -- Europe -- North America -- Small Islands -- Biodiversity Hotspots -- Cities and Settlements by the Sea -- Deserts, Semiarid Areas and Desertification -- Mediterranean Region -- Mountains -- Polar Regions -- Tropical Forests -- Key Risks across Sectors and Regions -- Decision-Making Options for Managing Risk --Climate Resilient Development Pathways -- Annex I. Global to Regional Atlas -- Annex II. Glossary -- Annex III. Acronyms -- Annex IV. Contributors to the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth -- Assessment Report -- Annex V. Expert Reviewers of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report -- Index |
Summary |
"The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change" |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2023) |
Subject |
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatic changes -- International cooperation
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Greenhouse gas mitigation.
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Climate change mitigation
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Climatic changes
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Climatic changes -- Risk assessment
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Environmental policy
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Sustainable development
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Genre/Form |
technical reports.
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Technical reports
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Technical reports.
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Rapports techniques.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955- editor.
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Belling, Daniel, editor
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II, issuing body.
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ISBN |
9781009325844 |
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1009325841 |
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