A history of the science and politics of climate change : the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Bert Bolin

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A history of the science and politics of climate change : the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Bert Bolin
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the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-272) and indexes
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Contents
  • The
  • The
  • approval of the 1994 IPCC special report runs into difficulties
  • p. 102.
  • 7.8.
  • Preparing for the future role of the IPCC
  • p. 104.
  • 8.
  • The
  • IPCC second assessment report
  • p. 106.
  • natural carbon cycle and life on earth
  • 8.1.
  • First party conference of the FCCC
  • p. 106.
  • 8.2.
  • The
  • IPCC Second Assessment Report
  • p. 111.
  • 8.3.
  • Stabilisation of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations
  • p. 119.
  • p. 9.
  • 8.4.
  • The
  • synthesis report
  • p. 122.
  • 9.
  • In the aftermath of the IPCC second assessment
  • p. 125.
  • 9.1.
  • The
  • post-Second Assessment Report discussions of an action programme to be agreed in Kyoto
  • 2.1.
  • p. 125.
  • 9.2.
  • The
  • IPCC assessment is challenged
  • p. 126.
  • 9.3.
  • Preparations for the third conference of the parties to FCCC in Kyoto
  • p. 137.
  • 9.4.
  • Increasing industrialisation and globalisation of the world
  • Glimpses of the historical development of our knowledge
  • p. 143.
  • 9.5.
  • Starting work towards a third assessment
  • p. 144.
  • 10.
  • The
  • Kyoto Protocol is agreed and a third assessment begun
  • p. 147.
  • 10.1.
  • Central themes of the Protocol
  • p. 9.
  • p. 147.
  • 10.2.
  • The
  • interplay of science and politics
  • p. 153.
  • 10.3.
  • Opposition to the Kyoto Protocol grows
  • p. 154.
  • 10.4.
  • How to settle disagreements on the interpretation of the Kyoto Protocol
  • 2.2.
  • p. 159.
  • 11.
  • A
  • decade of hesitance and slow progress
  • p. 163.
  • 11.1.
  • Work towards the IPCC Third Assessment Report
  • p. 163.
  • 11.2.
  • Resistance towards taking action and political manoeuvring
  • A
  • p. 178.
  • 11.3.
  • Other challenges of the IPCC conclusions
  • p. 181.
  • 11.4.
  • The
  • leadership of the IPCC is changed
  • p. 185.
  • 11.5.
  • Ratifications of the Kyoto Protocol
  • simplified view of the present carbon cycle
  • p. 187.
  • 11.6.
  • The
  • eleventh conference of the parties to the Climate Convention
  • p. 190.
  • Part III.
  • Are we at a turning point in addressing climate change?
  • p. 193.
  • 12.
  • Key scientific findings of prime political relevance
  • p. 13.
  • p. 195.
  • 12.1.
  • The
  • general setting
  • p. 195.
  • 12.2.
  • The
  • story of global warming told to politicians, stakeholders and the public
  • p. 196.
  • 12.3.
  • Part I.
  • 3.
  • Impacts and adaptation
  • p. 210.
  • 12.4.
  • Science, media and the general public
  • p. 211.
  • 13.
  • Climate change and a future sustainable global energy supply
  • p. 214.
  • 13.1.
  • Delayed action in spite of trustworthy scientific assessments
  • Global research initiatives in meteorology and climatology
  • p. 214.
  • 13.2.
  • Past and future emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols
  • p. 215.
  • 13.3.
  • Primary energy reserves and resources and their utilisation
  • p. 224.
  • 13.4.
  • The
  • supply of energy under the constraints of minimising climate change
  • p. 19.
  • p. 233.
  • 13.5.
  • The
  • need for a multidimensional approach
  • p. 238.
  • 13.6.
  • The
  • economy of a transition to a sustainable energy supply system
  • p. 242.
  • 13.7.
  • 3.1.
  • Politics of securing a global sustainable energy supply system
  • p. 245
  • Building scientific networks
  • p. 19.
  • 3.2.
  • Concern for the environment reaches the political agenda
  • p. 17.
  • 3.3.
  • The
  • The
  • Global Atmospheric Research Programme becomes engaged in the climate issue
  • p. 28.
  • 4.
  • Early international assessments of climate change
  • p. 33.
  • 4.1.
  • Initiation of assessments aimed at politicians and society
  • p. 33.
  • Part II.
  • early history of the climate change issue
  • The
  • climate change issue becomes one of global concern
  • p. 41.
  • 5.1.
  • The
  • report by the UN Commission on Environment and Development
  • p. 43.
  • 5.2.
  • How to create a forum for interactions between science and politics
  • p. 45.
  • p. 1.
  • 5.3.
  • The
  • IPCC is formed and a first assessment is begun
  • p. 49.
  • 6.
  • The
  • scientific basis for a climate convention
  • p. 53.
  • 6.1.
  • Work begins
  • 1.
  • p. 53.
  • 6.2.
  • Politicians are anxious to show their concern for the environment
  • p. 56.
  • 6.3.
  • The
  • IPCC works towards the completion of the First Assessment Report
  • p. 61.
  • 6.4.
  • The
  • Nineteenth-century discoveries
  • acceptance and approval of the IPCC First Assessment Report
  • p. 67.
  • 6.5.
  • Scientific input in the negotiations about a framework convention
  • p. 68.
  • 6.6.
  • What has experience so far to say about the role of science?
  • p. 77.
  • 7.
  • Serving the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
  • p. 3.
  • p. 79.
  • 7.1.
  • Changes in the IPCC structure and new members of the Bureau
  • p. 79.
  • 7.2.
  • Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
  • p. 85.
  • 7.3.
  • Predictions or scenarios of future changes of the global climate?
  • p. 87.
  • 2.
  • 7.4.
  • Attempting to put Article 2 of the Climate Convention into focus
  • p. 93.
  • 7.5.
  • Equity and social considerations
  • p. 94.
  • 7.6.
  • Growing awareness of climate change and polarisation of opinions
  • p. 97.
  • 7.7.
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