This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) again forms the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with the …

The degree to which human conditions and the natural environment are vulnerable to the
potential effects of climate change is a key concern for governments and the environmental …

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 …

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 …

(UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Founded in 1988 by the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme …

This chapter assesses climate-related risks in the context of Article 2 of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).{Box 19.1} Such risks arise from the …

The world community faces many risks from climate change. C learly, it is important to
understand the nature of those risks, where natural and human systems are likely to be most …

The Setting This chapter describes the information basis for the Fifth Assessment Report
(AR5) of IPCC Working Group II (WGII) and the rationale for its structure. As the starting point …

• 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 …

Disaster signifies extreme impacts suffered when hazardous physical events interact with
vulnerable social conditions to severely alter the normal functioning of a community or a …