CGER-I015-'94CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATIONSIPCC Technical Guidelinesfor Assessing Climate ChangeImpacts and AdaptationsPART OF THE IPCC SPECIAL REPORTTO THE FIRST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIESTO THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANELON CLIMATE CHANGEWMOUNEPThis report has been published by the Department of Geography.University College London (London,United Kingdom)and theCenter for Global Environmental Research,National Institute forEnvironmental Studics (Tsukuba,Japan),with the assistance ofthe UK Department of the Environment and the EnvironmentAgency of Japan.Further copies can be obtained from:Department of Geography.University College London.26 Bedford Way.London,WCIH OAPUnited Kingdom.Center for Global Environmental ResearchNational Institute for Environmental Studics16-2 Onogawa,Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305.Japan.University College London andCenter for Global Environmental Research,1994.ISBN0904813118Printed in the United Kingdom and JapanThis publication is printed on recycled paper.Designed and illustrated by Words and Publications,Oxford,United Kingdom.