Infographics

IPCC: Impacts of climate change on small island developing States

To assist in the understanding of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, key data sets and information have been used to generate this infographic.

It is available for educational purposes and to encourage discussion around the report. Permission requests for republication should be sought directly from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.

Credit: Impacts of climate change on small island developing States, Climate and Development Knowledge Network 2014 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline

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