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IPPC Fourth Assessment Report. Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

The second scientific report “Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” that provides a comprehensive analysis on how climate change is affecting nature and human systems, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce such influence, was presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Brussels on April 6, 2007. Specific chapters of the report are devoted to climate change impacts on different ecosystems, economic sectors and world regions. The summary for policymakers of the abovementioned report is attached below.
Along with the first report “Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis” released in Paris on February 2, 2007, new document will be also included into the four-volume IPCC Fourth Assessment Report to be officially presented to public in November 2007.
The third report “Mitigation of Climate Change” is going to be presented in May-June.

Julia Dobrolyubova
Expert on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol

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