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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. Table of Contents Front Matter Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change 1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy 2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin Frankline Lecture 3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth Part B: The Earth System 4. The Earth System 5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited 6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout the Millennia 7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do We Know? 8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield 9. Terrestrial Ecosystems 10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change Part C: Impacts of Global Change 12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society? 13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise 14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms 15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the Brazilian Amazon 16. Impacts of Global Change Part D: Implications For Public Policy 17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue 18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action 19. View from the North 20. View from the South 21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are the Implications for Public Policy 22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program? Appendixes A: Program -- Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members

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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ,  Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications ,  Committee on Global Change
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780309040891

ISBN 10:   0309040892
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 February 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change; 3 1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy; 4 2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin Frankline Lecture; 5 3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth; 6 Part B: The Earth System; 7 4. The Earth System; 8 5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited; 9 6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout the Millennia; 10 7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do We Know?; 11 8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield; 12 9. Terrestrial Ecosystems; 13 10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change; 14 11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change; 15 Part C: Impacts of Global Change; 16 12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society?; 17 13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise; 18 14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms; 19 15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the Brazilian Amazon; 20 16. Impacts of Global Change; 21 Part D: Implications For Public Policy; 22 17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue; 23 18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action; 24 19. View from the North; 25 20. View from the South; 26 21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are the Implications for Public Policy; 27 22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program?; 28 Appendixes; 29 A: Program -- Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future; 30 B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members

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