Call number:
PIK N 076-93-0119
;
MOP 47760 / Mitte
;
AWI A2-23-4557
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
578 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First published 1991
ISBN:
0521426308
,
0-521-42630-8
,
0521416310
,
0-521-41631-0
URL:
https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/29930
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Foreword xi
OPENING ADDRESSES
Professor G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization
Dr M.K. Tolba, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Dr F. Mayor, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Professor M.G.K. Menon, President, International Council of Scientific Unions
Dr H. de Haen, Assistant Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IPCC ASSESSMENT
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) / B. Bolin
Scientific Assessment of Climate Change: Summary of the IPCC Working Group I Report / J.T. Houghton
Greenhouse Gases and Other Climate Forcing Agents / U. Siegenthaler and E. Sanhueza
Climate Change Prediction / J. F. B. Mitchell and Zeng Qingcun
Climate Trends and Variability / M. Coughian and B.S. Nyenzi
Climate Change Impact Studies: The IPCC Working Group II Report / Yu. Izrael
Impacts on Hydrology and Water Resources / H.E. Lins, I.A. Shiklomanov and E.Z. Stakhiv
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, A Critical Assessment / S.K. Sinha
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Human Settlements, the Energy, Transport and Industrial Sectors; Human Health and Air Quality / M. Hashimoto and S. Nishioka
The Response Strategies Working Group of the IPCC / F. Bernthal
The Greenhouse Marathon: Proposal for a Global Strategy / P. Vellinga and R.J. Swart
Adaptation Measures / K.M. Sarma
Limitation Strategies / K. Yokobori
Report of the IPCC Special Committee on the Participation of Developing Countries / J. Ripert
OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME
The World Climate Programme: Achievements and Challenges / J.P, Bruce
Modern Data and Applications: World Climate Data Programme, World Climate Applications Programme / V.G. Boldirev
Overview of the World Climate Research Programme / P. Morel
World Climate Impact Studies Programme / J.C.I. Dooge
CLIMATE RESEARCH
Global Climate, Energy and Water Cycle / G.A. McBean
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change: Water Cycle and Energy Budget / H. Grassl
World Ocean Circulation and Climate Change: Research Programmes and a Global Observing System / D.J. Baker
Short Term Climate Variability and Predictions / J. Shukia
Paleodata, Paleoclimates and the Greenhouse Effect / H. Oeschger
Climate Prediction Based on Past and Current Analogues / M.I. Budyko
Detection of the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect on Climate / T.M.L. Wigley and S.C.B. Raper
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Water
Climate, Water and Development / J. Sircoulon
Drought Issues for the 1990s / M.H. Glantz and W. Degefu
Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food Systems / M.S. Swaminathan
The Potential Effect of Climate Changes on Agriculture / M. Parry and Zhang Jiachen
Oceans, Fisheries and Coastal Zones
Effects of Global Climatic Change on Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries / T. Kawasaki
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Zone Management / E.M. Eid and C.H. Huisbergen
Energy
Beginning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions need not be Expensive: Examples from the Energy Sector / E. Mills, D. Wilson and TB. Johansson
Land Use and Urban Planning
Climate and Land Use in North Africa / M. Kassas
Climate and Urban Planning / R. Taesler
Human Dimensions
Human Well-being, Diseases and Climate / W.H. Weihe and R. Mertens
Population and Global Climate Change / D. Norse
Public Information and Attitudes / R. Lamb
Environment and Development
Climate, Environment and Ecology / W.H. Schlesinger
Climate, Tropical Ecosystems and the Survivability of Species / P. Olindo
Some Possible Impacts of Climate Change on African Ecosystems / C.H.D. Magadza
Forests
Forests: Their Role in Global Change, with Special Reference to the Brazilian Amazon / E. Salati, R.L. Victoria, L.A. Martinelli and J. E. Richey
Integrated Studies
Climate Change and Risk Management / K. Turner, T. ORiordan and R. Kemp
Climate, Climate Change, and the Economy / N.S. Jodha and W.J. Maunder
Assessing the Regional Implications of Climate Variability and Change / W.E. Riebsame and A. Magalhaes
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Climate Change and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development / M.F. Strong
TASK GROUPS AND CONSULTATION GROUP REPORTS
Task Group I Climate, Hydrology and Water Resources
Task Group 2 Agriculture and Food
Task Group 3 Oceans, Fisheries and Coastal Zones
Task Group 4 Energy
Task Group 5 Land Use and Urban Planning
Task Group 6 Human Dimensions of Climate Change
Task Group 7 Environment and Development
Task Group 8 Forests
Task Group 9 WCP Overview
Task Group 10 The World Climate Programme: Overview and Future
Task Group 11 Scientific Components of International Agreements
Task Group 12 Synthesis
Consultation Group on the Special Needs of Developing Countries
SUMMARIES OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Global Climate Analogues and Global Climate Models
Climate and Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development
Industry's Response
Co-operation in International Research Programmes
CONFERENCE STATEMENT
MINISTERIAL SESSIONS
OPENING CEREMONY
Introduction by Prof. G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary General, WMO
H.E. Mr. Arnold Koller, President of the Swiss Confederation
His Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal, of the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Mr. Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France
The Rt. Hon. Edward Fenech-Adami, Prime Minister of Malta
The Rt. Hon. Bikenibeu Paeniu, Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Statement by Dr. E. Saouma, Director General, FAO
CLOSING CEREMONY
Statement by Dr. F. Mayor, Director General, UNESCO
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
Appendix 1 SWCC Inter-Agency Committees
Appendix 2 Poster Session Papers
Appendix 3 Statement by Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations
Appendix 4 Participants at the Scientific/Technical Sessions
Appendix 5 Countries and Organizations Represented at the Ministerial Sessions
Appendix 6 Participating Non-Governmental Organizations
Appendix 7 Acronyms
Appendix 8 Units
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