Summary for Policymakers: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
Christopher B Field, Vicente R Barros, Michael D Mastrandrea, Katharine J Mach, MA-K Abdrabo, N Adger, Yury A Anokhin, Oleg A Anisimov, Douglas J Arent, Jonathon Barnett, Virginia R Burkett, Rongshuo Cai, Monalisa Chatterjee, Stewart J Cohen, Wolfgang Cramer, Purnamita Dasgupta, Debra J Davidson, Fatima Denton, Petra Döll, Aromar Revi, … Oliver C Ruppel et. al. | 2014
Abstract
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 Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change. It considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adaptation and mitigation. The report assesses needs, options, opportunities, constraints, resilience, limits, and other aspects associated with adaptation.