IPCC to Release Second Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be releasing “Climate Change 2007” Assessment Report from Working Group II on Friday, April 6th, presenting the second of four reports on the latest scientific, environmental and socio-economic analysis on climate change.

The Report offers the following segments:

ASSESSMENT OF OBSERVED CHANGES
-Assessment of Observed Changes and Responses in Natural and Managed Systems

ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION: SYSTEMS AND SECTORS
- New Assessment Methodologies and the Characterization of Future Conditions
- Fresh Water Resources and their Management
- Ecosystems, their Properties, Goods and Services
- Food, Fibre and Forest Products
- Coastal Systems and Low-lying Areas
- Industry, Settlement, and Society
- Human Health

ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION: REGIONS
-Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America, North America, Polar Regions, Small Island

ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSES TO IMPACTS
- Assessment of Adaptation Practices, Options, Constraints and Capacity
- Inter-relationships between Adaptation and Mitigation
- Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risk from Climate Change
- Perspectives on Climate Change and Sustainability

See the Source:
Outline Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability