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

National Academy Of Engineering; National Academy Of Sciences; Policy And Global Affairs; Institute Of Medicine; Committee On Science, Engineering, And Public Policy; Panel On Policy Implications Of Greenhouse Warming

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309043867 ISBN 13: 9780309043861

Verlag: National Academies Press, 1992

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Book by Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming

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Global warming continues to gain importance on the international agenda and calls for action are heightening. Yet, there is still controversy over what must be done and what is needed to proceed. Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming describes the information necessary to make decisions about global warming resulting from atmospheric releases of radiatively active trace gases. The conclusions and recommendations include some unexpected results. The distinguished authoring committee provides specific advice for U.S. policy and addresses the need for an international response to potential greenhouse warming. It offers a realistic view of gaps in the scientific understanding of greenhouse warming and how much effort and expense might be required to produce definitive answers. The book presents methods for assessing options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, offset emissions, and assist humans and unmanaged systems of plants and animals to adjust to the consequences of global warming.

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Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

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• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0309043867
• ISBN 13: 9780309043861
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 944