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This volume summarizes the understanding of climate-change issues as they affect Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Written in three main sections - the Science, Impacts and Responses - it contains review papers that report on the status of knowledge, methodologies and developments, and a selection of focused papers that expand on specific issues and present significant new developments of wide general interest and relevance to the region. The impacts and responses to climate changes are presented in balanced assessments ranging across many disciplines, demonstrating the need for policy consistent with the underpinning science.

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a unique compendium of perspectives on current and future climate change. Although the focus is Oceania, these perspectives are framed in the global context and are relevant to all with interests in the science and economics of climate change. All 38 papers have been peer-reviewed, and the 73 reviewers are listed .The great virtues of this volume are its broad scope and the diverse faces of research presented around a common theme. It is unrivalled as a compendium of contemporary research into climate change in Oceania and in highlighting the critical issues facing that region .The standard of presentation and writing are high throughout these papers and the format and style consistent, for which the editors deserve praise.

.. .this book is an honest and very valuable report of the formal presentations made during Greenhouse 94. --ECOMOD .. .authoritative, well written and provide an immensely useful and detailed account of many facets of this multi-faceted field. --Australian Meteorological Magazine An essential reference work in the field. --AUSTRALIAN .. .a unique compendium of perspectives on current and future climate change. Although the focus is Oceania, these perspectives are framed in the global context and are relevant to all with interests in the science and economics of climate change. All 38 papers have been peer-reviewed, and the 73 reviewers are listed....The great virtues of this volume are its broad scope and the diverse faces of research presented around a common theme. It is unrivalled as a compendium of contemporary research into climate change in Oceania and in highlighting the critical issues facing that region....The standard of presentation and writing are high throughout these papers and the format and style consistent, for which the editors deserve praise. --The Holocene 7

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