02008nam a2200277Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000250006502000220009002000250011202000220013704000200015905000240017924502630020324600210046626400490048730000570053633700130059333800150060650400510062150501820067252006970085465000520155170000410160371000860164433257520160527193411.0141117s2014    enka    r    i000 0 eng d  a9781107058163 (hbk.)  a1107058163 (hbk.)  a9781107683860 (pbk.)  a1107683866 (pbk.)  aPUCPRbengerda00aQC 902.9b.C55 201400aClimate change 2014bimpacts, adaptation and vulnerability.nPart BpRegional aspects, working group II contribution to the fifth assessment report :Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changecedited by Christopher B. Field, Vicente R. Barros [and 14 others].3 aRegional aspects 1aCambridgebCambridge University Pressc2014.  aiv, pages 1,131-1,820billustrations (colour)c28 cm  2rdamedia  2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPart B. Regional aspects. Regional context -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- Australia -- North America -- Central and South America -- Polar regions -- Small islands -- The ocean.0 aThe volume focuses on why climate change matters and is organized into two parts, devoted respectively to human and natural systems and regional aspects, incorporating results from the reports of Working Groups I and III. The volume addresses impacts that have already occurred and risks of future impacts, especially the way those risks change with the amount of climate change that occurs and with investments in adaptation to climate changes that cannot be avoided. For both past and future impacts, a core focus of the assessment is characterizing knowledge about vulnerability, the characteristics and interactions that make some events devastating, while others pass with little notice.00aClimatic changesxEnvironmental aspects.2Local10aField, Christopher B.eeditor2Local2 aIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.bWorking Group IIeissuing body2Local