Climate change : : science, strategies, & solutions / / edited by Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo Cochran, Debra P. Davis.
It is the greatest environmental challenge of the 21st Century. But what do we truly know about global climate change? And what can we do about it? Most of the world's top scientists agree that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities such as industrial proce...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (413 pages) |
| Notes: | "Pew Center on Global Climate Change". |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Reflections on Climate Talks at The Hague
- Science and Impacts
- Understanding the science and impacts of changes in global and regional climate
- The science of climate change
- Impacts on the U.S. agricultural sector
- Sea-level rise and its effects on coastal resources
- Potential impacts on U.S. water resources
- Global Strategies
- Action around the World
- European Union: A review of five national programs
- Origins of U.S. climate policy: Factors and constraints
- Climate change mitigation in Japan
- Electric power futures in five developing countries
- Economics
- Economic analysis of global climate change policy: A primer
- Economic models: How they work and why their results differ
- Technological change and its effects on mitigation costs
- The new economy: Implications for climate change policy
- International emissions trading
- A business manager's approach to climate change
- Innovative Solutions
- Innovative state programs: New Jersey and Oregon take the lead
- Solutions at the local level: Austin, Texas, as a case study
- Intel Corporation: Environmental leadership in industry
- Taking inventory of corporate greenhouse gas emissions
- Current Developments
- Climate change legislation in the United States
- Facts and Figures
- Index.