Policy implications of greenhouse warming
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Policy implications of greenhouse warming
National Academy Press, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Readily accessible to any interested reader, this volume offers an analysis of the major issues surrounding greenhouse warming and presents the authoring panel's recommendations for U.S. policy.
Recommendations address a wide range of issues, including energy policy; deforestation; human population growth; the appropriate role of the United States in an international strategy; and needed research on scientific, economic, and social questions.
Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming analyzes scientific understanding of greenhouse gas accumulation and its effect on climate; prospects for human, animal, and plant adaptation to rising global temperatures; and options for mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER
1 INTRODUCTION
2 BACKGROUND
3 THE GREENHOUSE GASES AND THEIR EFFECTS
4 POLICY FRAMEWORK
5 ADAPTION
6 MITIGATION
7 INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
8 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
9 RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIXES
A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GREENHOUSE WARMING
B BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SYNTHESIS PANEL MEMBERS AND
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
C MEMBERSHIP LISTS FOR EFFECTS, MITIGATION, AND ADAPTATION PANELS
INDEX
Table of Contents
- 1 FRONT MATTER
- 2 1 INTRODUCTION
- 3 2 BACKGROUND
- 4 3 THE GREENHOUSE GASES AND THEIR EFFECTS
- 5 4 POLICY FRAMEWORK
- 6 5 ADAPTION
- 7 6 MITIGATION
- 8 7 INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
- 9 8 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
- 10 9 RECOMMENDATIONS
- 11 APPENDIXES
- 12 A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GREENHOUSE WARMING
- 13 B BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SYNTHESIS PANEL MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF
- 14 C MEMBERSHIP LISTS FOR EFFECTS, MITIGATION, AND ADAPTATION PANELS
- 15 INDEX
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