Climate change : science, impacts and policy : proceedings of the Second World Climate Conference.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991Description: xiii,578 p. : illISBN:

0521426308 (pbk)

DDC classification:

551.6 21

Subject: This volume contains the proceedings of the Second World Climate Conference which was held in Geneva in October-November 1990. It was an opportunity for world-class experts from a broad range of scientific and socio-economic disciplines to review latest developments and recommend actions to address the problem of global climate change. Scientific and technical discussions were followed by a ministerial meeting attended by 137 countries. This volume includes: highlights of the IPCC assessment; overview of the World Climate Program; climate change research and impact studies; multi-disciplinary task group reports; summaries of panel discussions; the Scientific and Technical conference statement; texts of addresses by six heads of state/government; the Ministerial declaration. The papers cover climate-related aspects of atmospheric sciences, oceanography, water resources, energy, agriculture, forestry, land use, human health, environment and development, and provide the current perspectives of leading experts from both developing and industrialized countries

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This volume contains the proceedings of the Second World Climate Conference which was held in Geneva in October-November 1990. It was an opportunity for world-class experts from a broad range of scientific and socio-economic disciplines to review latest developments and recommend actions to address the problem of global climate change. Scientific and technical discussions were followed by a ministerial meeting attended by 137 countries. This volume includes: highlights of the IPCC assessment; overview of the World Climate Program; climate change research and impact studies; multi-disciplinary task group reports; summaries of panel discussions; the Scientific and Technical conference statement; texts of addresses by six heads of state/government; the Ministerial declaration. The papers cover climate-related aspects of atmospheric sciences, oceanography, water resources, energy, agriculture, forestry, land use, human health, environment and development, and provide the current perspectives of leading experts from both developing and industrialized countries

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