Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Report-in-Brief
D.R. Reidmiller (editor)
Science & Math
Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Report-in-Brief
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This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the second of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.

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English
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Title Page
Table of Contents
About This Report
Guide to the Report
Summary Findings
1. Overview
Introduction
Our Changing Climate: Observations, Causes, and Future Change
Climate Change in the United States: Current and Future Risks
Reducing the Risks of Climate Change
What Has Happened Since the Last National Climate Assessment?
National Topics: Executive Summaries
2: Our Changing Climate
3: Water
4: Energy Supply, Delivery, and Demand
5: Land Cover and Land-Use Change
6: Forests
7: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
8: Coastal Effects
9: Oceans and Marine Resources
10: Agriculture and Rural Communities
11: Built Environment, Urban Systems, and Cities
12: Transportation
13: Air Quality
14: Human Health
15: Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
16: Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests
17: Sector Interactions, Multiple Stressors, and Complex Systems
Regions: Executive Summaries
18: Northeast
19: Southeast
20: U.S. Caribbean
21: Midwest
22: Northern Great Plains
23: Southern Great Plains
24: Northwest
25: Southwest
26: Alaska
27: Hawai‘i and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Responses: Executive Summaries
28: Reducing Risks Through Adaptation Actions
29: Reducing Risks Through Emissions Mitigation
Acknowledgements
Author Teams
USGCRP Staff
NOAA Technical Support Unit Staff
NEMAC Staff
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