Climate Change: Science, Strategies, and Solutions (hardback)
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Readership
Climate Change: Science, Strategies, and Solutions is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the state of our global environment.
Table of contents
Foreword
Reflections on Climate Talks at The Hague
Science and Impacts
Understanding the science and impacts of changes in global and regional climate
The science of climate change
Impacts on the U.S. agricultural sector
Sea-level rise and its effects on coastal resources
Potential impacts on U.S. water resources
Global Strategies
Action around the World
European Union: A review of five national programs
Origins of U.S. climate policy: Factors and constraints
Climate change mitigation in Japan
Electric power futures in five developing countries
Economics
Economic analysis of global climate change policy: A primer
Economic models: How they work and why their results differ
Technological change and its effects on mitigation costs
The new economy: Implications for climate change policy
International emissions trading
A business manager’s approach to climate change
Innovative Solutions
Innovative state programs: New Jersey and Oregon take the lead
Solutions at the local level: Austin, Texas, as a case study
Intel Corporation: Environmental leadership in industry
Taking inventory of corporate greenhouse gas emissions
Current Developments
Climate change legislation in the United States
Facts and Figures
Index
Reflections on Climate Talks at The Hague
Science and Impacts
Understanding the science and impacts of changes in global and regional climate
The science of climate change
Impacts on the U.S. agricultural sector
Sea-level rise and its effects on coastal resources
Potential impacts on U.S. water resources
Global Strategies
Action around the World
European Union: A review of five national programs
Origins of U.S. climate policy: Factors and constraints
Climate change mitigation in Japan
Electric power futures in five developing countries
Economics
Economic analysis of global climate change policy: A primer
Economic models: How they work and why their results differ
Technological change and its effects on mitigation costs
The new economy: Implications for climate change policy
International emissions trading
A business manager’s approach to climate change
Innovative Solutions
Innovative state programs: New Jersey and Oregon take the lead
Solutions at the local level: Austin, Texas, as a case study
Intel Corporation: Environmental leadership in industry
Taking inventory of corporate greenhouse gas emissions
Current Developments
Climate change legislation in the United States
Facts and Figures
Index
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