Summary
The impacts of climate change on various sectors are reviewed in chapters 1 to 6 of this report. In this chapter, other sectors susceptible to the predicted future changes in climate, especially extreme climatic events such as heat wave, typhoon, drought, and so forth, are reviewed based on research papers and reports. In addition, the combined impacts of global warming and local environmental pollution in Japan are also summarized in this chapter.
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Harasawa, H., Fujimori, M., Yamada, K., Ogihara, A. (1998). Vulnerability of Japan to Climate Change. In: Nishioka, S., Harasawa, H. (eds) Global Warming. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68491-6_7
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