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Front Matter	i-xxvi
Part One: Synthesis	1-2	(skim)
1 Introduction	3-4	(skim)
2 Background	5-11	(skim)
3 The Greenhouse Gases and Their Effects	12-28	(skim)
4 Policy Framework	29-35	(skim)
5 Adaptation	36-47	(skim)
6 Mitigation	48-64	(skim)
7 International Considerations	65-67	(skim)
8 Findings and Conclusions	68-72	(skim)
9 Recommendations	73-83	(skim)
Individual Statement by a Member Of The Synthesis Panel	84-86	(skim)
Part Two: The Science Base	87-88	(skim)
10 Introduction	89-90	(skim)
11 Emission Rates and Concentrations Of Greenhouse Gases	91-99	(skim)
12 Radiative Forcing and Feedback	100-110	(skim)
13 Model Performance	111-116	(skim)
14 The Climate Record	117-134	(skim)
15 Hydrology	135-139	(skim)
16 Sea Level	140-144	(skim)
17 A Greenhouse Forcing and Temperature Rise Estimation Procedure	145-152	(skim)
18 Conclusions	153-154	(skim)
Part Three: Mitigation	155-156	(skim)
19 Introduction	157-170	(skim)
20 Framework for Evaluating Mitigation Options	171-200	(skim)
21 Residential and Commercial Energy Management	201-247	(skim)
22 Industrial Energy Management	248-285	(skim)
23 Transportation Energy Management	286-329	(skim)
24 Energy Supply Systems	330-375	(skim)
25 Nonenergy Emission Reduction	376-413	(skim)
26 Population	414-423	(skim)
27 Deforestation	424-432	(skim)
28 Geoengineering	433-464	(skim)
29 Findings and Recommendations	465-498	(skim)
Part Four: Adaptation	499-500	(skim)
30 Findings	501-507	(skim)
31 Recommendations	508-514	(skim)
32 Issues, Assumptions, and Values	515-524	(skim)
33 Methods and Tools	525-540	(skim)
34 Sesitivities, Impacts, and Adaptations	541-652	(skim)
35 Indices	653-656	(skim)
36 Final Words	657-658	(skim)
Individual Statement by a Member of the Adaptation Panel	659-660	(skim)
Appendixes	661-662	(skim)
A Questions and Answers About Greenhouse Warming	663-691	(skim)
B Thinking About Time in the Context of Global Climate Change	692-707	(skim)
C Conservation Supply Curves for Buildings	708-716	(skim)
D Conservation Supply Curves for Industrial Energy Use	717-726	(skim)
E Conservation Supply Data for Three Transportation Sectors	727-758	(skim)
F Transportation System Management	759-766	(skim)
G Nuclear Energy	767-774	(skim)
H A Solar Hydrogen System	775-778	(skim)
I Biomass	779-785	(skim)
J Cost-Effectiveness of Electrical Generation Technologies	786-791	(skim)
K Cost-Effectiveness of Chlorofluorocarbon PhaseoutUnited States and Worldwide	792-797	(skim)
L Agriculture	798-807	(skim)
M Landfill Methane Reduction	808-808	(skim)
N Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions	809-811	(skim)
O Deforestation Prevention	812-813	(skim)
P Reforestation	814-816	(skim)
Q Geoengineering Options	817-835	(skim)
R Description of Economic Estimates of the Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Emissions	836-839	(skim)
S Glossary	840-846	(skim)
T Conversion Tables	847-848	(skim)
U Prefaces from the Individual Panel Reports	849-854	(skim)
V Acknowledgments from the Individual Panel Reports	855-857	(skim)
W Background Information on Panel Members and Professional Staff	858-868	(skim)
Index	869-918	(skim)

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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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Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base

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