02176nam a2200325Ia 4500 332575 20160527193411.0 141117s2014 enka r i000 0 eng d 9781107058163 (hbk.) 1107058163 (hbk.) 9781107683860 (pbk.) 1107683866 (pbk.) PUCPR eng rda cicg QC 902.9 .C55 2014 Climate change 2014 impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Part B Regional aspects, working group II contribution to the fifth assessment report :Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change edited by Christopher B. Field, Vicente R. Barros [and 14 others]. Regional aspects Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014. iv, pages 1,131-1,820 illustrations (colour) 28 cm rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Part B. Regional aspects. Regional context -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- Australia -- North America -- Central and South America -- Polar regions -- Small islands -- The ocean. The 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. Climatic changes Environmental aspects. 74402 Local Field, Christopher B. editor 223608 Local Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II issuing body 115339 Local 249134 249134 0 0 lc 0 QC_902_900000000000000__C55_2014 0 CiNU 206452 7 7 4 2016-05-27 United Nations Depository 536164 0 QC 902.9 .C55 2014 70000000900409 2016-05-27 00:00:00 Library use only r:332575 6