Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes

1. Introduction 2. Climate change, hydrology and water resources: the work of the IPCC, 1988-94 3. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of South America 4. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of North America 5. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Europe 6. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Africa 7. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Asia and Australia 8. Overview of models for use in the evaluation of the impacts of climate change on hydrology 9. Conclusions and recommendations References Appendix: Acronyms and abbreviations.