Global warming : the research challenges : a report of Japan's global warming initiative

Abstract

Foreword.- Preface to the Japanese edition.- Part 1 Addressing the problem of global warming.- Part 2 To what extent have researches elucidated global warming.- 1. Is global warming really occurring?- What global monitoring can tell us.- 2. Climate modeling and the projection of global warming.- 3. Impacts and risks of global warming.- 4. Assessment of global warming response policies.- Reference.- Abbreviations.- Authors.- Index.