| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 3056 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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" |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books and Elements |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Sustainable development.
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Climate change mitigation.
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Climatic changes -- Risk assessment.
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Environmental policy.
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Climate change mitigation. (OCoLC)fst01749583
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Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
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Climatic changes -- Risk assessment.
(OCoLC)fst00864266
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Environmental policy. (OCoLC)fst00913250
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Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
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| Genre/Form |
Technical reports. (OCoLC)fst01941336
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Technical reports.
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| Added Author |
Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955- editor.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Working Group II contribution to the sixth assessment report of the IPCC |
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IPCC sixth assessment report |
| Running Title |
IPCC AR6 WGII |
| Note |
Also known as: IPCC sixth assessment report AR6 climate change 2022 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability |
| Standard No. |
10.1017/9781009325844 doi |
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