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Figures and selected tables from the Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report These are high resolution figures; if they do not display on your computer (by showing a red cross), please use the accompanying PDF document. For copyright reasons, Figures TS.5, TS.13 and TS.17 are not included in this file. © IPCC 2007 – these figures and tables may be used in presentations without permission. (For captions, see accompanying file)
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Figure SPM.1.
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Figure SPM.2. Key impacts as a function of increasing global average temperature change (Impacts will vary by extent of adaptation, rate of temperature change, and socio-economic pathway)
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Box TS.4. Linking the causes of climate change to observed effects on physical and biological systems
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Figure TS.1. Changes in physical and biological systems and surface temperature 1970-2004
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Figure TS.2. Summary characteristics of the four SRES storylines
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Figure TS.3. Regional temperature and precipitation changes across a range of models to end of 21 st century
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Figure TS.4. Global temperature changes for selected time periods, projected for SRES and stabilisation scenarios
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Figure TS.6. Projected risks due to critical climate change impacts on ecosystems
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Figure TS.7. Sensitivity of cereal yield to climate change
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Figure TS.8. Relative vulnerability of coastal deltas
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Figure TS.9. Direction and magnitude of change of selected health impacts of climate change
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Figure TS.10. Changes in Mt. Kilimanjaro ice cap and snow cover over time
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Figure TS.11. Projected future changes in northern Asia permafrost boundary under the SRES A2 scenario for 2100
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Figure TS.12. Key hotspots in Australia and New Zealand
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Figure TS.14. Key hotspots for Latin America
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Figure TS.15. Decadal average hurricane total dissipated energy (PDI), loss of life, and inflation-adjusted economic damages (thousands of US$) from hurricanes making landfall in the continental USA
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Figure TS.16. Vegetation of the Arctic: current conditions and projected changes under the IS92a scenario for 2090-2100
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Table TS.3. (upper) Global temperature changes for selected time periods, projected for SRES and stabilisation scenarios
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Table TS.3. (lower) Examples of global impacts projected for changes in climate (and sea level and atmospheric CO 2 where relevant)
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Table TS.4. Examples of regional impacts
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Figure TS.18. Estimated millions of people per annum at risk globally from coastal flooding
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Figure TS.19. Geographical distribution of vulnerability in 2050
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