Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation : special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change /

Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. Weather- and climate-related disa...

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Autor Corporativo: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Otros Autores: Field, Christopher B. (ed.), Barros, Vicente (ed.), Stocker, Thomas F. (ed.), Qin Dahe (ed.), Ebi, Kristie L. (ed.), Mastrandrea, Michael D. (ed.), Plattner, Gian Kasper (ed.), Allen, Simon K. (ed.), Tignor, Melinda (ed.), Midgley, Pauline M. (ed.), Dokken, David Jon (ed.), Mach, Katharine J. (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Geneve : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press, 2012
Materias:
CAMBIO CLIMATICO
DESASTRES NATURALES
DESASTRES CAUSADOS POR EL SER HUMANO
DETERIORO AMBIENTAL
ANALISIS DE RIESGO
POLITICA AMBIENTAL
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Biblioteca Cs. Sociales E. Faletto (FLACSO) de FLACSO. Sede Académica Argentina
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Sumario:Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. Weather- and climate-related disasters have social as well as physical dimensions. As a result, changes in the frequency and severity of the physical events affect disaster risk, but so do the spatially diverse and temporally dynamic patterns of exposure and vulnerability. Some types of extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency or magnitude, but populations and assets at risk have also increased, with consequences for disaster risk. Opportunities for managing risks of weather- and climate-related disasters exist or can be developed at any scale, local to international. Some strategies for effectively managing risks and adapting to climate change involve adjustments to current activities. Others require transformation or fundamental change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change, including the physical science of climate; impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability; and mitigation of climate change. The IPCC was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a comprehensive assessment of the current state of knowledge of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts.
Descripción Física:594 h. il. col.
Bibliografía:incl. ref.
ISBN:9781107607804

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