Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- World Bank Countries and Regions -- Chapter 1. Overview -- Climate Trends and Impacts on Energy Systems -- Addressing Climate Vulnerability -- Structure of This Report -- Chapter 2. Observed and Expected: Climate Change -- Climatic Impacts on Energy Services -- Recent Observed Climate Change -- Expected Climate Change -- Extreme Weather Events -- Summary Tables -- Chapter 3. Climate Impacts on Energy -- Impacts on Resource Endowment -- Impacts on Energy Supply -- Energy Transmission, Distribution, and Transfer -- Energy Demand -- Impacts on Design and Operations -- Cross-sector Considerations -- Indicators of Energy Sector Vulnerability -- Summary Table -- Chapter 4. Emerging Adaptation Practices -- Typology of Adaptation Responses -- Building Adaptive Capacity -- Delivering Adaptation Actions -- Adaptation Agents -- Summary Remarks -- Chapter 5. Weather and Climate Information -- Information Requirements for Decision Makers -- Hydro-meteorological Parameters Relevant to Energy -- Information Limitations and Impediments -- Interpreting Information: Tools and Process Gaps -- Capacity to Use Weather and Climate Information -- Chapter 6. Climate Resilience -- Awareness versus Knowledge -- Decision Making under Uncertainty -- Mainstreaming Climate Risk Management into Energy Planning -- Chapter 7. Near-term Actions to: Support Adaptation -- Climate Information Networks -- Glossary -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. IPCC Emissions Scenarios and Confidence Levels -- Appendix B. Re-analyses and General Circulation Models -- Appendix C. Observed Trends in Precipitation and Sea Level Change -- Appendix D. Projected Temperature and Precipitation Changes in Different Regions -- Appendix E. Icing and Hail.

Appendix F. Electric Utilities Adapt Their Practices to Respond to Natural Disasters -- Appendix G. Locally Tailored Adaptation Options: An Example -- Appendix H. Adapting to Climate Change on Mexico's Gulf Coast -- Appendix I. Case Study: Regulation for the Aviation Industry -- Appendix J. Access to Predictions -- Appendix K. Frameworks, Methodologies and Tools for Climate Risk Management and Decision Making Under Uncertainty -- Appendix L. National and Regional Adaptation Initiatives -- Appendix M. Global Framework for Climate Services -- Back Cover.