Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base

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Front Matter (R1-R26)

Part One: Synthesis (1-2)

1 Introduction (3-4)

2 Background (5-11)

3 The Greenhouse Gases and Their Effects (12-28)

4 Policy Framework (29-35)

5 Adaptation (36-47)

6 Mitigation (48-64)

7 International Considerations (65-67)

8 Findings and Conclusions (68-72)

9 Recommendations (73-83)

Individual Statement by a Member Of The Synthesis Panel (84-86)

Part Two: The Science Base (87-88)

10 Introduction (89-90)

11 Emission Rates and Concentrations Of Greenhouse Gases (91-99)

12 Radiative Forcing and Feedback (100-110)

13 Model Performance (111-116)

14 The Climate Record (117-134)

15 Hydrology (135-139)

16 Sea Level (140-144)

17 A Greenhouse Forcing and Temperature Rise Estimation Procedure (145-152)

18 Conclusions (153-154)

Part Three: Mitigation (155-156)

19 Introduction (157-170)

20 Framework for Evaluating Mitigation Options (171-200)

21 Residential and Commercial Energy Management (201-247)

22 Industrial Energy Management (248-285)

23 Transportation Energy Management (286-329)

24 Energy Supply Systems (330-375)

25 Nonenergy Emission Reduction (376-413)

26 Population (414-423)

27 Deforestation (424-432)

28 Geoengineering (433-464)

29 Findings and Recommendations (465-498)

Part Four: Adaptation (499-500)

30 Findings (501-507)

31 Recommendations (508-514)

32 Issues, Assumptions, and Values (515-524)

33 Methods and Tools (525-540)

34 Sesitivities, Impacts, and Adaptations (541-652)

35 Indices (653-656)

36 Final Words (657-658)

Individual Statement by a Member of the Adaptation Panel (659-660)

Appendixes (661-662)

A Questions and Answers About Greenhouse Warming (663-691)

B Thinking About Time in the Context of Global Climate Change (692-707)

C Conservation Supply Curves for Buildings (708-716)

D Conservation Supply Curves for Industrial Energy Use (717-726)

E Conservation Supply Data for Three Transportation Sectors (727-758)

F Transportation System Management (759-766)

G Nuclear Energy (767-774)

H A Solar Hydrogen System (775-778)

I Biomass (779-785)

J Cost-Effectiveness of Electrical Generation Technologies (786-791)

K Cost-Effectiveness of Chlorofluorocarbon PhaseoutUnited States and Worldwide (792-797)

L Agriculture (798-807)

M Landfill Methane Reduction (808-808)

N Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (809-811)

O Deforestation Prevention (812-813)

P Reforestation (814-816)

Q Geoengineering Options (817-835)

R Description of Economic Estimates of the Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Emissions (836-839)

S Glossary (840-846)

T Conversion Tables (847-848)

U Prefaces from the Individual Panel Reports (849-854)

V Acknowledgments from the Individual Panel Reports (855-857)

W Background Information on Panel Members and Professional Staff (858-868)

Index (869-918)