The Regional Impacts of Climate Change:
An Assessment of Vulnerability

A Special Report of IPCC Working Group II
Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- November 1997

Contents

Foreword & Preface
Scope, Nature of the Issue & Approach of the Assessment

Overview of Regional Vulnerabilities to Global Climate Change --

Ecosystems
Hydrology and Water Resources
Food and Fiber Production
Coastal Systems
Human Health

Anticipatory Adaptation in the Context of Current Policies and Conditions

Regional Vulnerability to Global Climate Change --

Africa
Polar Regions: The Arctic and the Antarctic
Arid Western Asia (Middle East and Arid Asia)
Australasia
Europe
Latin America
North America
Small Island States
Temperate Asia, including Siberia
Tropical Asia

Research Needs, Authors & Contributors