Chapter 22: Africa in Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Content Type

Author or Institution as Author

Isabelle Niang, Oliver C. Ruppel

Co-authors

M.A. Abdrabo, A. Essel, C. Lennard, J. Padgham, and P. Urquhart, Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, 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

Date of publication

Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 12:00

Edition or Version

2.00

Institution

International Panel on Climate Change

Copyright/Licence

Creative Commons – Attribution (CCBY)

Language

EN

Description/Abstract

This review shows a Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.

URL

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg2/WGIIAR5-Chap22_FINAL.pdf

Theme

Capacity Strengthening of CCARDESA and AR4D Institutions

Keywords

Climate Change; IPCC; Africa; Projections; Vulnerability; Impacts; Adaptation; Key Risks;

Citation

Niang, I., O.C. Ruppel, M.A. Abdrabo, A. Essel, C. Lennard, J. Padgham, and P. Urquhart, 2014: Africa. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, 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, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1199-1265.

CCARDESA Category

Manual