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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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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)

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APPENDIX A PROGRAM- - FORUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND OUR COMMON FUTURE Tuesday . _ _ _ . 1989 8:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. Welcome Thomas Malone, St. Joseph College 9:10 a.m. Society's Stake in Global Change William Ruckelshaus, Browning-Ferris Industries Understanding Global (change: The Science Chair: Thomas Malone, St. Joseph College 9:45 a.m. Historical Perspectives: Climate Changes Throughout the Millennia John Kutzbach, University of Wisconsin 10:15 a.m. Break 10:25 a.m. Understanding Global Change: Earth as a System Francis Bretherton, University of Wisconsin 11:00 a.m. Panel: The Earth System Moderator: Digby McLaren, Royal Society of Canada Atmosphere Michael McElroy, Harvard University Oceans James McCarthy, Harvard University Terrestrial Ecosystems Peter Vitousek, Stanford University Human Dimens ions Roberta Miller, National Science Foundation 223 r

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224 12:45 p.m. Lunch 2:15 p.m. Human Causes of Global Change B.L. Turner II, Clark University Panel: Consequences Moderator: Robert McC. Adams, Smithsonian Institution Greenhouse Warming Jerry Mahlman, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Susan Solomon, Environmental Research Laboratory/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Break Deforestation Eneas Salati, Escola Superior de Agricultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil r Acid Deposition David Schindler, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Implications for Life on Earth Paul Ehrlich. Stanford University 5:30 p.m. Recess 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address and Franklin Lecture Global Change and Our Common Future Mme. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway Wednesday. May 3. 1989 Imparts of Global Chance Chair: Robert Hoffmann, Smithsonian Institution 9:00 a.m. What Does Global Change Mean for Society? Lester Brown, Worldwatch Institute 9:30 a.m. Panel: Impacts Moderator: Jose Goldemberg, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Agriculture and Water Resources Theodore Hullar, University of California, Davis Break

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225 Biodiversity Robert Peters, World Wildlife Fund Sea Level James Broadus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Industry Hugh Wynne- Edwards , Alcan, Canada 11:30 a.m. Implications of Global Change for Science Policy Robert Corell, National Science Foundation 12:00 noon Lunch Implications for Public Policy Chair: Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution 1:30 p.m. Options for Action Martin Holdgate, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 2:00 p.m. View from the North Digby McLaren, Royal Society of Canada 2:30 p.m. View from the South Marc Dourojeanni, The World Bank 3:00 p.m. Break 3:10 p.m. Panel: Public Policy Moderator: Jessica Mathews, World Resources Institute The Honorable Charles Caccia, member of Parliament, Canada The Honorable John Chafee, U.S. Senate William A. Nitze, U.S. Department of State Paulo Nogueira-Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil The Honorable Timothy Wirth, U.S. Senate 5:30 p.m. Summary Panel Recess 7:30 p.m. Moderator: Thomas Malone, St. Joseph College Alan Hecht, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rafael Herrera, Ins tituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Venezuela John Holdren, University of California, Berkeley Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution Stephen Schneider, National Center for Atmospheric Research Anne Whyte, International Development Research Centre, Canada

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