A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change: The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Abstract

Foreword Abbreviations Part I. The Early History of the Climate Change Issue: 1. Nineteenth century discoveries 2. The natural carbon cycle and life on earth 3. Global research initiatives in meteorology and climatology 4. Early international assessments of climate change Part II. The Climate Change Issue Becomes One of Global Concern: 5. Setting the stage 6. The scientific basis for a climate convention 7. Serving the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee 8. The IPCC second assessment report 9. In the aftermath of the IPCC second assessment 10. The Kyoto Protocol is agreed and a third assessment begun 11. A decade of hesitance and slow progress Part III. Are We at a Turning Point in Addressing Climate Change?: 12. Key scientific findings of prime political relevance 13. Climate change and a future sustainable global energy supply Some concluding remarks Notes References Name index Subject index.

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