Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability

The United Nations' latest report on climate change contains plenty of dire warnings about the adverse impact "human interference with the climate system" is having on everything from sea levels to crop yields to violent conflicts. However, as John Kerry suggested, for countries to collectively reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Instead, the subtext appears to be this: Climate change is happening and will continue to happen for the foreseeable future. As a result, we may need to adapt to a warming planet—to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits associated with increasing temperatures

“The really big breakthrough in this report is the new idea of thinking about managing climate change,” Chris Field, the co-chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study, said this week, adding that governments, companies, and communities are already experimenting with “climate-change adaptation.”

The report is available to public from 1st April 2014. There are 4 chapters (Ch14, Ch15, Ch16, Ch17) devoted to "Adaptation" and very interesting to read