United Nations: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword: Climate Change and the Uses of History xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: Making Climate Change History 1
6. Part 1: The Scientific “Prehistory” of Global Warming
7. Introduction 21
8. General Remarks on the Temperatures of the Globe and the Planetary Spaces 27
9. The Bakerian Lecture: On the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gases and Vapours, and on the Physical Connexion of Radiation, Absorption, and Conduction (1861) 32
10. On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground (1896) 39
11. The Artificial Production of Carbon Dioxide and Its Influence on Temperature (1938) 45
12. Part 2: The Cold War Roots of Global Warming
13. Introduction 49
14. Carbon Dioxide Exchange between Atmosphere and Ocean and the Question of an Increase of Atmospheric CO2 during the Past Decades (1957) 55
15. Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, February 8, 1956 60
16. Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, May 1, 1957 64
17. The Impact of Weather Control on the Cold War (1958) 70
18. National Science Foundation: Preliminary Plans for a National Center for Atmospheric Research (1959) 77
19. Part 3. Making Global Warming Green
20. Introduction 85
21. The Conservation Foundation: Implications of Rising Carbon Dioxide Content of the Atmosphere (1963) 91
22. President’s Science Advisory Committee: Restoring the Quality of Our Environment (1965) 96
23. The Limits to Growth (1972) 103
24. Study of Man’s Impact on Climate: Inadvertent Climate Modification (1971) 108
25. The Sierra Club: International Committee Questionnaire— Five Year Plan (1976) 115
26. Criteria for International Campaigns (1982) 121
27. National Climate Program Act of 1978 123
28. American Association for the Advancement of Science: Advisory Group on Climate Meeting, May 26, 1978 128
29. Action Flow: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Research and Assessment Program” (1979) 132
30. Letter to David Burns (1980) 134
31. Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology, July 31, 1981 136
32. Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology, February 24, 1984 141
33. Part 4. Climate Change as Controversy
34. Introduction 145
35. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency: A Study of Climatological Research as It Pertains to Intelligence Problems (1974) 151
36. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate (1971) 161
37. A Perspective on Climate Change 164
38. The Genesis Strategy (1976) 166
39. Review: The Genesis Strategy— Climate and Global Survival (1976) 169
40. Forum 172
41. National Academy of Sciences: Carbon Dioxide and Climate(1979) 175
42. National Academy of Sciences: Changing Climate (1983) 180
43. Environmental Protection Agency: Can We Delay a Greenhouse Warming? (1983) 189
44. New York Times: How to Live in a Greenhouse (1983) 193
45. Nuclear Winter (1983) 195
46. Nuclear War and Climatic Catastrophe (1983) 197
47. On a “Nuclear Winter” (1983) 201
48. Nuclear Winter Reappraised (1986) 203
49. Testimony before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, June 23, 1988 206
50. Part 5. Climate Change Governance
51. Introduction 209
52. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: First Assessment Report (1990) 215
53. World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report) (1987) 220
54. United Nations: Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) 224
55. United Nations: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992) 229
56. A ‘No Regrets’ Environmental Policy (1991) 238
57. Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 18, 1992 241
58. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Second Assessment Report (1996) 247
59. United Nations: The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997) 255
60. The Byrd-Hagel Resolution (1997) 264
61. Part 6. The Past, The Present ant the Future
62. Introduction 269
63. The End of Nature (1989) 277
64. The Anthropocene (2000) 282
65. The Death of Environmentalism (2004) 287
66. Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (2006) 294
67. A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (2007) 302
68. Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) 307
69. Pope Francis: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (2016) 321
70. Index 333
71. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books 341