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Front Cover 		1
Foreword 		5
Executive summary 		6
Recommendations 		10
Introduction 		12
Climate change 		17
Climate change 		18
Projections 		21
Impact of climate change on natural and human systems 		23
Loss of ecosystem functions and biodiversity 		23
Water 		28
Food 		34
Health 		38
Energy 		40
Industry 		42
Key risks related to climate change 		43
Policy assessment 		47
Analysis of relevant adaptation policies and frameworks of the major vulnerable sectors 		48
Policy approaches 		52
Institutional and stakeholder analysis 		71
Gender issues 		73
Indigenous people 		74
Gap analysis 		75
Comparative analysis of available policies 		76
Water 		78
Loss of ecosystem functions and biodiversity 		79
Health 		80
Food (agriculture) 		81
Energy (hydropower) 		82
Are the responses forward-looking? 		83
Conclusions 		85
Conclusions 		86
Acronyms* 		88
Notes 		89
Acknowledgements 		90
Photo credits 		90
References 		91
Back Cover 		96
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