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Adapting to climate change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia /
The climate is changing and many Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries are vulnerable to the consequences. Many countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and cost of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank,
©2010.
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| Colección: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The climate is changing and many Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries are vulnerable to the consequences. Many countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and cost of natural disasters have risen dramatically in the region. And the concentration of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere guarantees that similar or greater changes are yet to come, even if the world completely stopped emitting carbon dioxide. Now, and at least for the near future, ECA vulnerabi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 180 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821381328 0821381326 0821381318 9780821381311 1282502107 9781282502109 661250210X 9786612502101 |