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082 0 363.738/74526
100 1 Vasser, Christopher P
245 10 Kyoto Protocol :|bEconomic Assessments, Implementation
264 1 New York :|bNova Science Publishers, Incorporated,|c2009
264 4 |c©2009
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505 0 Intro -- THE KYOTO PROTOCOL:ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS,
IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS,AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- THE
KYOTO PROTOCOL: ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS, IMPLEMENTATION
MECHANISMS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS --
PREFACE -- THE SCIENCE OF GLOBAL WARMINGAND CLIMATE CHANGE
: IS IT SETTLED? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. A CLOSE
LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMPORTANT CURRENT ISSUES -- 2. GLOBAL
WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ONHUMAN SOCIETIES -- 3.
CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- RESEARCH AND REVIEW
STUDIES -- PERSPECTIVES OF SAR BASED FOREST COVER,FOREST
COVER CHANGE AND BIOMASS MAPPING -- ABSTRACT --
INTRODUCTION AND STATE OF THE ART OF EO BASEDFORESTRY
APPLICATIONS -- EXIGENCY OF FOREST COVER AND BIOMASS
MAPPING -- OPTICAL EO DATA -- LIDAR -- SAR DATA --
Backscattering Intensities -- Interferometry -- SAR
Tomography, Polarimetric Interferometry and Derivates --
Polarimetry -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES --
IMPLEMENTATION OF THEORY INTO PRACTICE - EXAMPLECASE
STUDIES -- Forest Cover and Forest Cover Change Mapping --
Investigation of ALOS PALSAR Data for Forest Cover Mapping
-- EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF POLARIMETRIC PALSAR
SARDATA FOR FOREST COVER MAPPING IN SIBERIA --
Introduction -- FOREST BIOMASS MAPPING -- Observations of
Forest Growing Stock Volume in Siberia Using
PALSARIntensities and Coherence Data -- Application of ERS
-1/2 Tandem Coherence for the Delineation of Large
AreaForest Biomass Maps in NE China -- FINAL CONCLUSION --
REFERENCES -- MODELLING A REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSEGAS
EMISSIONS IN THE CATALAN ECONOMY:THE NAMEAAPPROACH* --
ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STRUCTURE OF A SAM -- 3.
STRUCTURE OF A NAMEA -- 4. THE LINEAR SAMMODEL -- 5.
EXTENSION OF THE SAMMODEL WITH GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS:THE
NAMEAMODEL -- 6. DATABASE -- 6.1. The SAM for Catalonia --
6.2. The NAMEA for Catalonia
505 8 7. EMPIRICAL APPLICATION TO CATALAN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS -
- 7.1. Emission Multipliers -- 7.2. Changes in the
Greenhouse Emission Multipliers -- 8. CONCLUSION --
REFERENCES -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF FARM ENERGY USETO PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE GREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS FROM CANADIAN
AGRICULTURE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOFUELS AND
FARM OPERATIONS -- ADAPTATION OF AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE -- METHODOLOGY -- TERMS IN THE FARM ENERGY BALANCE
-- SIMULATION MODELING AND SURVEY RECORDS -- SIMULATION OF
FARM FIELDWORK ENERGY USE -- ENERGY TO SUPPLY FARM
MACHINERY -- RECENT F4E2 UPGRADES -- SPATIAL VARIATION IN
FARM ENERGY USE -- FOSSIL CO2 EMISSIONS FROM COMMODITIES -
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES --
TOWARDS A BETTER COMPLIANCE SYSTEMFOR THE CLIMATE REGIME?
-- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. KYOTO'S COMPLIANCE
SYSTEM -- 3. FLAWS OF THE COMPLIANCE SYSTEM -- Additional
Emissions Reductions -- Suspension of the Right to Sell
Emissions Permits -- The Unfairness of the Compliance
System -- 4. TOWARDS A BETTER COMPLIANCE SYSTEM FOR
THECLIMATE REGIME -- 5. TRADE RESTRICTIONS -- 5.
CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVESOF GLOBAL
ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE:THE REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT
-- INTRODUCTION: ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION,THE PIONEERS AND
THE LAGGARDS -- THE CHALLENGE FOR THE REFRIGERATION
INDUSTRY -- METHODOLOGY -- GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE:
SCIENCE AND LEGISLATION -- Changing the Atmosphere --
Energy Efficiency -- TECHNICAL FIX OR INNOVATIVE
CHALLENGE? -- A Return to the Past -- New Solutions --
CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CLIMATE
CHANGE: DESIGN APPROACHES FORA GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
PROGRAM* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: THE PRICE VERSUS
QUANTITY DEBATE -- FIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE COST ISSUE --
APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING COST CONCERNS -- Tonnage Options
-- Timetable Options -- Technique Options
505 8 ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES -- ADDRESSING COSTS THROUGH MARKET
MECHANISMS:RESOLVING THE PRICE-QUANTITY ISSUE -- APPENDIX
A: SUMMARY OF SELECTED OPTIONS TO ADDRESS COST
UNCERTAINTYOF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAMS --
REFERENCES -- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. GREENHOUSEGAS
EMISSIONS-STATUS, TRENDSAND PROJECTIONS* -- SUMMARY --
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS-STATUS,
TRENDS, AND PROJECTIONS -- U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Baselines -- Emissions Projections -- Status of
Emissions Relative to Goals -- Additional Considerations
in Assessing Possible Reductions -- Conclusion --
REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE KYOTO MECHANISMS --
ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF
JI AND CDMPROJECTS -- 2.1. Gases and Sectors Covered in JI
and CDM Projects -- 2.2 A Few Examples of Early JI and CDM
Projects -- 2.3. The management of CDM and JI projects --
3. CURRENT CDM AND JI PROJECTS -- 3.1. Current CDM
projects -- 3.2. Current JI projects -- 4. THE EFFECTS OF
JI AND CDMPROJECTS ON HOST ANDINVESTOR COUNTRIES -- 4.1.
The Effects of JI and CDM Projects on Host Countries --
4.2. The Effects of JI and CDM Projects on Investor
Countries -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CLEAN
DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMAND SUSTAINABLE (ECONOMIC)
DEVELOPMENT -ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS ON POVERTYALLEVIATION
IN DEVELOPING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- PRESSING GLOBAL ISSUES
-- THE GLOBAL INEQUALITY -- EVER GROWING NEED FOR ENERGY -
- SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SYNDROME -- THE DETERIORATING CLIMATE
-- RENEWABLE ENERGY - A REALISABLE CONCEPT -- SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- CLEAN DEVELOPMENT
MECHANISM (CDM) - CONCEPT,PROGRESS AND CONCERNS -- POVERTY
ALLEVIATION THROUGH CDM - CAN CDMBENEFIT THE POOR? -- THE
WAY FORWARD -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- WHAT IS NOT
MENTIONEDIN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION
505 8 1. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL AND CARBON CICLE -- 2. PRODUCTION OF
HEAT AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE PROCESS -- 3. STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AS A WAY OF OBTAINING INFORMATION -- 3.1.
Atmospheric Gases -- 3.2 . Heat -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
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650 0 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change --
(1992). -- Protocols, etc., -- 1997 Dec. 11.;Climatic
changes -- Government policy -- International
cooperation.;Global warming -- Government policy --
International cooperation.;Greenhouse gases -- Government
policy -- International cooperation.;Air -- Pollution --
Government policy -- International cooperation.;Climatic
changes -- Government policy -- Economic aspects.;Global
warming -- Government policy -- Economic aspects
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