New Directions In Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, And Adaptation Assessment: Summary Of A Workshop

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With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision makers are focusing unprecedented attention on the need for strategies to adapt to climate changes that are now unavoidable. The effects of climate change will touch every corner of the world's economies and societies; adaptation is inevitable. The remaining question is to what extent humans will anticipate and reduce undesired consequences of climate change, or postpone response until after climate change impacts have altered ecological and socioeconomic systems so significantly that opportunities for adaptation become limited. This book summarizes a National Research Council workshop at which presentations and discussion identified specific needs associated with this gap between the demand and supply of scientific information about climate change adaptation.

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New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment: Summary of a Workshop Jennifer F. Brewer, Rapporteur, National Research Council ISBN: 0-309-13007-7, 44 pages, 6 x 9, (2008) This free PDF was downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12545.html Visit the National Academies Press online, the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: • Download hundreds of free books in PDF • Read thousands of books online, free • Sign up to be notified when new books are published • Purchase printed books • Purchase PDFs • Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. If you have comments, questions or just want more information about the books published by the National Academies Press, you may contact our customer service department toll-free at 888-624-8373, visit us online, or send an email to [email protected] This free book plus thousands more books are available at http://www.nap.edu. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for noncommercial, educational purposes, provided that this notice appears on the reproduced materials, the Web address of the online, full authoritative version is retained, and copies are not altered. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the National Academies Press. New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment: Summary of a Workshop http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12545.html Jennifer F. Brewer, Rapporteur Subcommittee for a Workshop on New Directions in Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment: Summary of a Workshop http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12545.html THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS  500 Fifth Street, N.W.  Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This workshop was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Contract No. 68-C-03,081 with support also coming from the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S.
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