impacts, adaptation and vulnerability Part B Regional aspects, working group II contribution to the fifth assessment report :Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Field, Christopher B. editor Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II issuing body text enk 2014 monographic eng iv, pages 1,131-1,820 illustrations (colour) 28 cm 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. Part B. Regional aspects. Regional context -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- Australia -- North America -- Central and South America -- Polar regions -- Small islands -- The ocean. edited by Christopher B. Field, Vicente R. Barros [and 14 others]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Climatic changes Environmental aspects QC 902.9 .C55 2014 9781107058163 (hbk.) 1107058163 (hbk.) 9781107683860 (pbk.) 1107683866 (pbk.) PUCPR 141117 20160527193411.0 332575 eng