Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming

National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Institute of Medicine, Engineering Committee on Science and Public Policy (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

1991
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04440-0 (ISBN)

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Offers an analysis of the major issues surrounding greenhouse warming, and presents the authoring panel's recommendations for US policy. This book analyzes understanding of greenhouse gas accumulation and its effect on climate; prospects for human, animal, and plant adaptation to rising global temperatures; and more.

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

Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming--Synthesis Panel, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.1991
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-309-04440-5 / 0309044405
ISBN-13	978-0-309-04440-0 / 9780309044400
Zustand	Neuware