Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is now available online. Chapter 14 focuses on climate change impacts on North America.
Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Report
Summary for Policymakers
Technical Summary
Chapter 1: Assessment of Observed Changes and Responses in Natural and Managed Systems
Chapter 2: New Assesment Methods and the Characterisation of Future Conditions
Chapter 3: Fresh Water Resources and their Management
Chapter 4: Ecosystems, their Properties, Goods and Services
Chapter 5: Food, Fibre, and Forest Products
Chapter 6: Coastal Systems and Low-Lying Areas
Chapter 7: Industry, Settlement and Society
Chapter 8: Human Health
Chapter 9: Africa
Chapter 10: Asia
Chapter 11: Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 12: Europe
Chapter 13: Latin America
Chapter 14: North America
Chapter 15: Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic)
Chapter 16: Small Islands
Chapter 17: Assessment of Adaptation Practices, Options, Constraints and Capacity
Chapter 18: Inter-Relationships Between Adaptation and Mitigation
Chapter 19: Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risk from Climate Change
Chapter 20: Perspectives on Climate Change and Sustainability