Global Climate Change Research: Progress and Prospects

Author: edited by Lü Xuédū / Wáng Wényuǎn
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is a collection of papers from the Second National Academic Conference on Climate Change, gathering 36 papers by government officials, experts, and scholars from the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China Meteorological Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other institutions. The content is divided into four parts: 1. Policy Issues of Climate Change; 2. Scientific Issues of Climate Change; 3. Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change; 4. Socio-economic Evaluation and Countermeasures for Climate Change. This book is rich in information, fully showcasing the achievements of China's climate change researchers over the past decade. It covers a broad range of fields, involving numerous disciplines such as energy, agriculture, forestry, economics, and climate, comprehensively reflecting the interdisciplinary and cross-domain nature of climate change. The research projects are comprehensive, encompassing basic research, applied basic research, and applied research, with particular emphasis on the vibrant policy research. It balances review and prospect, introducing both existing research results on climate change and proposing recommendations for future research, presenting a panoramic view of climate change science. This book serves as a reference for global change researchers, as well as faculty and students from government agencies, research institutions, and relevant universities in meteorology, agriculture, forestry, environmental protection, and other fields.