Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L.White (eds.)

Cambridge University Press

Published date February 8, 2016

Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability

The Working Group II contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:

  • Considers climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability
  • Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the current state of knowledge and level of certainty, based on the available scientific, technical, and socio-economic literature
  • Highlights both big-picture messages and key details, to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines, to evaluate the strength of evidence underlying findings, and to identify topics where understanding is incomplete
  • Focuses on providing information to support good decisions by stakeholders at all levels
  • Provides a unique source of background for decision support, while scrupulously avoiding advocacy for particular policy options