Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base

Author: Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: adaptation, science, base, mitigation, warming, implications, greenhouse, policy
Number of Pages: 944
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0309043867
ISBN-13: 9780309043861

Book Description:

Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming is the first comprehensive book to lay the groundwork for informed decision-making about global warming. It gives specific advice for U.S. policy while addressing the need for an international response to the potential warming of the planet. The authors analyze the scientific understanding of greenhouse warming; prospects for human, animal, and plant adaptation to rising global temperatures; and options for mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emmissions. 6 x 9. Index.


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