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************************************************************************************************************************* At the 29th Session of the IPCC
(31 August - 4 September 2008), new Working Group II co-chairs were elected
to oversee development of the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability volume
of the Fifth Assessment Report: Dr. Chris Field of the United States and Dr.
Vicente Barros of Argentina. This site serves as resource until the
U.S.-hosted Technical Support Unit for the Fifth Assessment establishes its
own web presence. ************************************************************************************************************************** THE FULL
WORKING GROUP II CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOURTH
ASSESSMENT REPORT AVAILABLE
HERE FINDINGS OF THE WGII FOURTH ASSESSMENT REPORT AS PRESENTED
AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (18-19 SEPT.) AVAILABLE
HERE The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization ( The IPCC
has three working groups o
Working Group I: The Science
of Climate Change o
Working Group II: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability o
Working Group III: Mitigation
of climate change o
and a Task Force on
Greenhouse Gas Inventories This is the Working Group
II website. In its reports, Working Group II assesses the scientific,
technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of the vulnerability
(sensitivity and adaptability) to climate change of, and the negative and
positive consequences for, ecological systems, socio-economic sectors and
human health, with an emphasis on regional sectoral and cross-sectoral
issues. Working Group II is guided by a Bureau, which is chaired by Osvaldo Canziani ( |
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