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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX, 2012)

Draft Chapters and Review Comments



These documents were used to prepare Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation: Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commonly known as SREX. The full drafts are large files which may take a long time to download and view.

First Order Draft
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Final Draft
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Chapter 1: Climate Change: New Dimensions in Disaster Risk, Exposure, Vulnerability, and Resilience
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Chapter 2: Determinants of Risk: Exposure and Vulnerability
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Chapter 3: Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment
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Chapter 3: Final, Supplement
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Chapter 4: Changes in Impacts of Climate Extremes: Human Systems and Ecosystems
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Chapter 5: Managing the Risks from Climate Extremes at the Local Level
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Chapter 6: National Systems for Managing the Risks from Climate Extremes and Disasters
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Chapter 7: Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration Across Scales
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Chapter 8: Toward a Sustainable and Resilient Future
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Chapter 9: Case Studies
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