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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
ADAPTATION......Page 14
AEROSOLS......Page 19
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLY IMPACTS......Page 22
ALBEDO......Page 27
ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS......Page 33
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS......Page 40
BIOFUELS......Page 48
BIOSEQUESTRATION......Page 55
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE......Page 66
CARBON CYCLE......Page 72
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)......Page 79
CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT (CO2e)......Page 85
CARBON SINKS......Page 86
CARBON TAX......Page 87
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)......Page 91
CLIMATE CHANGE FEEDBACKS......Page 101
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS......Page 109
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY......Page 116
COASTAL ZONE IMPACTS......Page 119
DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE......Page 125
EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO)......Page 132
EMISSIONS INTENSITY......Page 134
EMISSIONS PER CAPITA......Page 141
EMISSIONS TRADING......Page 149
ENERGY EFFICIENCY......Page 159
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS......Page 169
FINANCE AND INSURANCE......Page 175
FOSSIL FUELS......Page 183
FUTURE EMISSIONS TRENDS......Page 192
GLOBAL DIMMING......Page 201
GLOBAL WARMING......Page 203
GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS......Page 207
GREENHOUSE EFFECT......Page 209
GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES......Page 212
GREENHOUSE GASES......Page 220
HEALTH IMPACTS......Page 225
ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS......Page 232
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)......Page 237
JOINT IMPLEMENTATION (JI)......Page 242
KYOTO PROTOCOL......Page 249
LAND CARBON SINKS......Page 262
MARINE IMPACTS......Page 271
METHANE (CH4)......Page 276
METHANE HYDRATES......Page 283
MILANKOVICH CYCLES......Page 288
MITIGATION......Page 291
NITROUS OXIDE (N2O)......Page 301
NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO)......Page 305
NUCLEAR POWER......Page 306
OCEAN CARBON SINKS......Page 315
OZONE......Page 320
POLAR IMPACTS......Page 325
RADIATIVE FORCING......Page 332
RENEWABLE ENERGY......Page 336
SEA LEVEL RISE......Page 344
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS......Page 349
SOLAR POWER......Page 358
STABILIZATION TARGETS......Page 366
SYNTHETIC GASES......Page 373
TECHNOLOGY, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AND ORGANIZATIONS......Page 379
THERMOHALINE......Page 388
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)......Page 393
WATER IMPACTS......Page 405
WIND POWER......Page 412
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 420
INDEX......Page 439

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