America`s Climate Choises
As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council issued three reports emphasizing why the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. The reports are part of a congressionally requested suite of five studies known as America’s Climate Choices.
Report Release, Webcast: http://www.vodium.com/goto/portal/pn100882/launch.asp
Advancing the Science of Climate Change
A strong, credible body of scientific evidence shows that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems, concludes this panel report from the America’s Climate Choices suite of studies.
http://americasclimatechoices.org/panelscience.shtml
Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
Meeting internationally discussed targets for limiting atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and associated increases in global average temperatures will require a major departure from business as usual in how the world uses and produces energy, finds this new report from the national Research Council.
http://americasclimatechoices.org/panelmitigation.shtml
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
Much of the nation’s experience to date in managing and protecting its people, resources, and infrastructure is based on the historic record of climate variability during a period of relatively stable climate. This report from the America’s Climate Choices suite of studies concludes that adaptation to climate change calls for a new paradigm–one that considers a range of possible future climate conditions and associated impacts, some well outside the realm of past experience.
http://americasclimatechoices.org/paneladaptation.shtml
Tags: Adaption, Biodiversity, combating climate change, Global Warming
