The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and …

• Adaptation was included as a single chapter in the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports.•
The Fifth Assessment Report includes four chapters on adaptation, and adaptation is a key …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United
Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization …

Human interference with the climate system is occurring, 1 and climate change poses risks
for human and natural systems (Figure SPM. 1). The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and …

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective (2004) Page 1 Climate
Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective Climate Change Impacts and …

Human interference with the climate system is occurring, and climate change poses risks for
human and natural systems. The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in the …

As part of Component 2 of the Adaptation Policy Framework (APF), Assessing Current
Vulnerability, this Technical Paper (TP) focuses on how to assess the historical interactions …

All decisions are intended to bring about some future benefit to someone or something, and
involve choices (eg whether to act, whether to implement policy A or B, etc.). Without …

This chapter synthesizes observed climate change impacts (16.2), adaptation-related
responses (16.3), limits 5 to adaptation (16.4), and the key risks identified across sectors and …

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) took the initiative for the development
of this “Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation …