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Title Climate change 2022 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / edited by Hans-Otto Pörtner [and 11 others] ; with editorial assistance from Daniel Belling [and 15 others]
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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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.
Climatic changes -- International cooperation
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes
Climatic changes -- Risk assessment
Environmental policy
Sustainable development
Genre/Form technical reports.
Technical reports
Technical reports.
Rapports techniques.
Form Electronic book
Author Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955- editor.
Belling, Daniel, editor
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II, issuing body.
ISBN 9781009325844
1009325841