Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and an Evaluation of the IPCC 1992 IS92 Emission Scenarios - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521559626 ISBN 13: 9780521559621

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organisation in 1988 to provide an authoritative international consensus of scientific opinion on climate change. This report, Climate Change 1994 prepared by IPCC Working Groups I and II, reviews the latest scientific evidence on the following key topics: • Radiative forcing of climate change • The latest values of Global Warming Potential, a tool for comparing the potential effect on future climate of different anthropogenic factors • The stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere • An evaluation of scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions Climate Change 1994 forms part of a special Report for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiated at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.

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Review

"Essential reading for interested citizens and useful for senior undergraduates and graduates." J.T. Andrews, Choice

Book Description

This report has been prepared by leading scientists from around the world to provide a consensus of opinion on global warming. The material concentrates on radiative forcing of climate change and the stabilisation and evaluation of the effect of greenhouse gas concentrations and emissions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521559626
• ISBN 13: 9780521559621
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347
• Editor: Houghton John T., Filho L. G. Meira, Bruce James P., Lee Hoesung, Callander Bruce A., Haites E. F.