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Global Change and Our Common Future: Papers from a Forum (1989)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)

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. "22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program?." Global Change and Our Common Future: Papers from a Forum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1989.

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Front Matter (R1-R14)
Part A: Society's Stake in Global Change (1-2)
1. Toward a Global Environmental Policy (3-9)
2. Global Change and Our Common Future: The Benjamin Frankline Lecture (10-18)
3. Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth (19-28)
Part B: The Earth System (29-30)
4. The Earth System (31-33)
5. Mission to Planet Earth Revisited (34-49)
6. Historical Perspectives: Climatic Changes Throughout the Millennia (50-61)
7. Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Warming: How Much Do We Know? (62-72)
8. The Earth's Fragile Ozone Shield (73-77)
9. Terrestrial Ecosystems (78-83)
10. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (84-89)
11. The Human Causes of Global Environmental Change (90-100)
Part C: Impacts of Global Change (101-102)
12. What Does Global Change Mean for Society? (103-124)
13. Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise (125-138)
14. Threats to Biological Diversity as the Earth Warms (139-158)
15. Deforestation and Its Role in Possible Changes in the Brazilian Amazon (159-171)
16. Impacts of Global Change (172-174)
Part D: Implications For Public Policy (175-176)
17. The Global Environment: A National Security Issue (177-186)
18. Implications for Public Policy: Options for Action (187-193)
19. View from the North (194-197)
20. View from the South (198-203)
21. Political Leadership and the Brundtland Report: What Are the Implications for Public Policy (204-208)
22. Global Warming: Is It Real and Should It Be Part of a Global Change Program? (209-220)
Appendixes (221-222)
A: Program -- Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future (223-225)
B: Committee on Global Change and Oversight Committee Members (226-228)