Policy implications of greenhouse warming : mitigation, adaptation, and the science base / / Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine
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Policy implications of greenhouse warming : mitigation, adaptation, and the science base / / Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (944 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.73/87 |
| Soggetto topico: | Global warming - Government policy - United States |
| Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric - Government policy - United States | |
| Environmental policy - United States | |
| Note generali: | Contains the report of the Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming--Synthesis Panel published separately in 1991 under the same title. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part One Synthesis ""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Background ""; ""THE GLOBAL NATURE OF GREENHOUSE WARMING""; ""GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES""; ""THE EFFECTS OF WORLD POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH""; ""TRENDS IN HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECTING GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS""; ""3 The Greenhouse Gases and their Effects ""; ""EARTH'S RADIATION BALANCE""; ""WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM CLIMATE MODELS""; ""WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE TEMPERATURE RECORD""; ""SEA LEVEL""; ""POSSIBLE DRAMATIC CHANGES"" |
| ""CONCLUSIONS""""4 Policy Framework ""; ""COMPARING MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION""; ""ASSIGNING VALUES TO FUTURE OUTCOMES""; ""A METHOD FOR COMPARING OPTIONS""; ""Assessing Mitigation Options""; ""Assessing Adaptation Options""; ""OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING POLICY CHOICES ABOUT GREENHOUSE WARMING""; ""5 Adaptation ""; ""METHODS OF ADAPTATION""; ""THE ROLE OF INNOVATION""; ""ASSESSING IMPACTS AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY""; ""CO2 Fertilization of Green Plants""; ""Agriculture""; ""Managed Forests and Grasslands""; ""Natural Landscape""; ""Marine and Coastal Environments""; ""Water Resources"" | |
| ""Industry and Energy""""Tourism and Recreation""; ""Settlements and Coastal Structures""; ""Human Health""; ""Migration""; ""Political Tranquility""; ""SOME IMPORTANT INDICES""; ""EVALUATING ADAPTATION OPTIONS""; ""ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE""; ""Activities with Low Sensitivity""; ""Activities that are Sensitive but can be Adapted at a Cost""; ""Activities that are Sensitive with Questionable Adjustment or Adaptation""; ""Cataclysmic Climatic Changes""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 Mitigation ""; ""THE ROLE OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS""; ""TECHNOLOGICAL COSTING VERSUS ENERGY MODELING"" | |
| ""PLANNING A COST-EFFECTIVE POLICY""""AN ASSESSMENT OF MITIGATION OPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""COMPARING OPTIONS""; ""IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION OPTIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""7 International Considerations ""; ""INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES""; ""FUTURE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS""; ""OTHER ACTIONS""; ""8 Findings and Conclusions ""; ""POLICY CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Capacities of Industrialized and Developing Countries""; ""Taxes and Incentives""; ""Fundamental and Applied Research""; ""A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO THE THREAT OF GREENHOUSE WARMING""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS"" | |
| ""9 Recommendations """"REDUCING OR OFFSETTING EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES""; ""Halocarbon Emissions""; ""Energy Policy""; ""Forest Offsets""; ""ENHANCING ADAPTATION TO GREENHOUSE WARMING""; ""IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE DECISIONS""; ""EVALUATING GEOENGINEERING OPTIONS""; ""EXERCISING INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP""; ""Individual Statement by a Member of the Synthesis Panel""; ""Part Two The Science Base ""; ""10 Introduction ""; ""NOTE""; ""References""; ""11 Emission Rates and Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases ""; ""CARBON DIOXIDE""; ""METHANE""; ""HALOCARBONS""; ""NITROUS OXIDE"" | |
| ""NOTES"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Policy implications of greenhouse warming |
| ISBN: | 1-280-21214-4 |
| 9786610212149 | |
| 0-309-55588-4 | |
| 0-585-03095-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828343803321 |
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