Norman J. Rosenberg, William E. Easterling III, Pierre R. Crosson, Joel Darmstadter

• List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part 1: Background; 2. The Greenhouse Effect: Its Causes, Possible Impacts, and Associated Uncertainties 3. Human Development and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: The Current Picture and the Long-Term Prospects 4. Sea-Level Rise: Regional Consequences and Responses 5. Climate Change: problems of Limits and Policy Responses 6. Assessing and Managing the Risks of Climate Change; Part 2: Natural Resource Sectors; 7. Adapting Future Agriculture to Changes in Climate 8. Climate and Forests 9. The Biological Consequences of Climate Changes: An Ecological and Economic Assessment 10. Water Resources and Climate Change; Part 3: Perspectives; 11. Potential Strategies for Adapting to Greenhouse Warming: Perspectives from the Developing World 12. Human Dimensions of Global Change: Toward a Research Agenda 13. Thoughts on Abatement and Adaptation; 14. Epilogue