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Global Change and Our Common Future:

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Publication Year:1989

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Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The Forum, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and Sigma ...
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Front Matter i-xiv  
Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change 1-2 (skim)
1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy 3-9 (skim)
2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin Frankline Lecture 10-18 (skim)
3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth 19-28 (skim)
Part B: The Earth System 29-30 (skim)
4. The Earth System 31-33 (skim)
5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited 34-49 (skim)
6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout the Millennia 50-61 (skim)
7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do We Know? 62-72 (skim)
8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield 73-77 (skim)
9. Terrestrial Ecosystems 78-83 (skim)
10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 84-89 (skim)
11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change 90-100 (skim)
Part C: Impacts of Global Change 101-102 (skim)
12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society? 103-124 (skim)
13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise 125-138 (skim)
14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms 139-158 (skim)
15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the Brazilian Amazon 159-171 (skim)
16. Impacts of Global Change 172-174 (skim)
Part D: Implications For Public Policy 175-176 (skim)
17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue 177-186 (skim)
18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action 187-193 (skim)
19. View from the North 194-197 (skim)
20. View from the South 198-203 (skim)
21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are the Implications for Public Policy 204-208 (skim)
22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program? 209-220 (skim)
Appendixes 221-222 (skim)
A: Program -- Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future 223-225 (skim)
B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members 226-228 (skim)
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Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The Forum, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and Sigma Xi, was organized to inform the public about the changes occurring in the global environment and the implications for public policy.

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