The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Subtitle: An Assessment of Vulnerability
Contributors: Robert T. Watson (Editor); Marufu C. Zinyowera (Editor); Richard H. Moss (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 527
ISBN-13: 9780521632560
Subjects: Climatology; Global warming; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Science; Climate Changes; Environmental Monitoring; Science; Environmental Studies; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Evaluation; Climatic changes--Risk assessment; Science / Environmental Science; Risk assessment; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Climatic changes; Environmental aspects; Klimaatveranderingen.; Meteorologia.; gtt; larpcal
First sentence: Worldwide concern about possible climate change and acceleration of sea-level rise resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases has led governments to consider international action to address the issue, particularly through the development of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).