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The Effects of Global Warming on Mountain Regions: a Summary of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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This paper focuses on the impacts of climatic change in mountain regions, based on the material published in the 1996 Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A particular focus is provided for selected sensitive environmental and socio-economic sectors, in particular water, snow and ice, ecosystems, mountain agriculture, tourism, and energy. Some approaches and recommendations for policy response to the overall problem of global warming on mountain regions is also given.

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Beniston, M. (2001). The Effects of Global Warming on Mountain Regions: a Summary of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In: Visconti, G., Beniston, M., Iannorelli, E.D., Barba, D. (eds) Global Change and Protected Areas. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48051-4_17

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