FrontMatter -- Foreword: About America's Climate Choices -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vulnerabilities and Impacts -- 3 What Are America's Options for Adaptation? -- 4 Managing the Climate Challenge: A Strategy for Adaptation -- 5 Linking Adaptation Efforts Across the Nation -- 6 Rationale and Mechanisms for Global Engagement in Climate Change Adaptation -- 7 Major Scientific and Technological Advances Needed to Promote Effective Adaptation to Climate Change -- 8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists -- Appendix B: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: Statement of Task -- Appendix C: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: Biographical Sketches -- Appendix D: Explanation of the Rationale for Reasons of Concern -- Appendix E: Acronyms and Initialisms.