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Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change (2010) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
Pages 15-20

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... While many uncertainties remain regarding the exact nature and severity of future impacts, the need for action seems clear. In the legislation that initiated our assessment of America's climate choices, Congress directed the National Research Council to "investigate and study the serious and sweeping issues relating to global climate change and make recommendations regarding the steps that must be taken and what strategies must be adopted in response to global climate change." As part of the response to this request, the America's Climate Choices Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change was charged to "describe, analyze, and assess strategies for reducing the net future human influence on climate, including both technology and policy options, focusing on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas (GHG)
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From page 16...
... Although we are optimistic that the United States can meet the challenges associated with limiting future climate change, we are also convinced that this can only be done as a long-term evolving process. Accordingly, our study develops two major themes in addition to the need for urgent action: • Provide a national framework of strategies and policies to limit climate change, now and in the future.
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From page 17...
... In these cases, we raise the issue and point to the need for further analysis or research. PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITING POLICY AND STRATEGY To provide structure and rigor to the process of evaluating alternative climate change limiting policies and strategies, the panel developed a set of guiding principles, selected after reviewing and debating nearly a dozen examples of principles for climate policy that have been proposed by nongovernmental organizations, congressional leaders, and others.
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From page 18...
... Many of these principles are discussed further in the subsequent chapters. ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT The balance of this report is organized as follows: • Chapter 2 characterizes the challenge of limiting climate change by examin ing historical, current, and likely future GHG emission sources, and it examines representative targets and pathways for reducing U.S.
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From page 19...
... • Chapter 6 examines how climate change limitation strategies interact with other important national policy goals, including social equity concerns, eco nomic development threats and opportunities, energy security, and protection of air and water quality. • Chapter 7 discusses policies for assuring a multilevel response to the climate problem.
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