Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming

Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309044400
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309583152
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 1991
  • Mes: Gener
  • Pàgines: 142
  • Idioma: Anglés

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.

  • Cover
  • 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