ABSTRACT

The second pa rt o f the !pee's 4AR report was published on 6 April 2007. Its focus was on the projected impacts of climate change, and the need for adaptation to changes that are locked in due to greenhouse gases a lready present in the atmosphere. Its headline find ings were that the worst effects o f global climate change would be experienced by those living in poverty. Launching the report, the fPee's cha irman Rejen d ra Pac haun said:

II's the poorest of the poor in the world, and this includes poor people even in prosperous societies, who are going to be the worst hit.